de·ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] 1 TRICK/DECEIVEto make someone believe something that is not true 欺骗 → deception He had been deceived by a young man claiming to be the son of a millionaire. 他被一个自称是百万富翁之子的年轻人骗了。
deceive somebody into doing something He tried to deceive the public into thinking the war could still be won. 他试图欺骗公众相信这场战争仍有胜算。
deceive somebody about something I wouldn’t deceive you about anything as important as this. 像这么重要的事我不会欺骗你的。
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say trick rather than deceive: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 trick ,而不说 deceive
She thought they were trying to trick her. 她觉得他们在试图骗她。
2 deceive yourself PRETENDto refuse to believe that something is true because the truth is unpleasant 自欺 I thought she loved me, but I was deceiving myself. 我以为她是爱我的,但我是在自我欺骗。
deceive yourself that He didn’t deceive himself that he and Ruth could remain friends. 他并未自欺地认为他和露丝能继续做朋友。
deceive yourself• I loved her, but I never deceived myself.• Many parents deceive themselves about their children's behavior.• If a man dissemble, deceive, he deceives himself, and goes out of acquaintance with his own being.• It was no use deceiving herself any longer.• Was she not indeed, not only trapping herself, but deceiving herself, being, to herself, a traitor?• She deceives herself more than she deceives anyone else.• Not for a moment had she been able to deceive herself that she was anything but bad, truly bad.• He could almost deceive himself that she was confiding in him. 3 SURPRISEDto give someone a wrong belief or opinion about something 使误信,误导 Don’t be deceived by the new cover – this is a rehash of old hits. 别被新封面误导,这只是一些经典老歌的翻唱作品。
—deceiver noun [countableC]
n THESAURUSdeceive especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not trueThis was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.
trick to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do somethingA man posing as an insurance agent had tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
fool to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trickHis hairpiece doesn’t fool anyone.
mislead to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly trueThe company was accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of the product.
con informal to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not trueI’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to con me.