➡ See also the entry for cheatverb另见cheat动词词条defraud ♦︎ rip sb off ♦︎ swindle ♦︎ fleece ♦︎ bilk ♦︎ screw ♦︎ short-changeThese words all mean to get money or sth else from sb in a dishonest, illegal or unfair way.这些词均表示骗取财物。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to defraud / swindle / fleece / bilk / screw sb out of sth◆to defraud / rip off / fleece / bilk / short-change customers◆to defraud / swindle / bilk investors◆to defraud / rip off / bilk a company◆to defraud / swindle / bilk the government◆to rip off / fleece tourists■defraud dɪˈfrɔːd [transitive, intransitive] (ratherformal, disapproving) to get money illegally from a person or organization by deceiving them骗取(钱财);诈骗◆They were accused of defrauding the company of $14 000.他们被指控诈骗该公司14 000元。◆ (law法律) All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud.三人均被指控密谋诈骗。 see also fraud ⇨ fraud12■ˌrip sb ˈoff
phrasal verb
(-pp-) [often passive] (informal, disapproving) to cheat sb by making them pay too much or by selling them sth of poor quality敲诈;(以次货)欺诈◆Tourists complain of being ripped off by local cab drivers.游客抱怨被当地出租车司机敲了竹杠。▸ˈrip-off [countable, usually singular] ◆$70 for a T-shirt! What a rip-off!70块钱买一件T恤衫!太不值了!■swindle [transitive] (disapproving) to get money illegally from a person or organization by deceiving them骗取(钱财);诈骗◆They swindled him out of thousands of dollars.他们诈骗了他好几千元。▸swindle
noun
[countable, usually singular] ◆We think she was mixed up in an insurance swindle.我们认为她卷入了一起保险诈骗案。NOTE辨析 Defraud or swindle?Defraud is more formal than swindle, especially when it is used without an object. Swindle cannot be used without an object. * defraud比swindle正式,在不接宾语的情况下更是如此。swindle则必须接宾语。■fleece [transitive] (informal, disapproving) to take a lot of money from sb by making them pay too much for sth敲诈;敲⋯的竹杠◆Some local shops have been fleecing tourists.当地有些商店一直在敲游客的竹杠。■bilk [transitive] (especially NAmE, informal, disapproving) to swindle sb骗取(钱财);诈骗◆He was a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars.他是个诈取了投资者几百万元的骗子。■screw [transitive] (slang, disapproving) to cheat sb, especially by making them pay too much money for sth宰(客)◆We've been screwed.我们挨宰了。◆How much did they screw you for(= how much did you have to pay)?他们坑了你多少钱?■ˌshort-ˈchange [transitive, often passive] (disapproving) to give back less than the correct amount of money to sb who has paid with more than the exact price for sth少付(某人)找头◆I think I've been short-changed at the bar.我觉得酒吧少找我钱了。
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