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deceive

Word family 
de·ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT]
1  TRICK/DECEIVEto make someone believe something that is not true 欺騙 → deception
He had been deceived by a young man claiming to be the son of a millionaire.
他被一個自稱是百萬富翁之子的年輕人騙了。
deceive somebody into doing something
He tried to deceive the public into thinking the war could still be won.
他試圖欺騙公衆相信這場戰爭仍有勝算。
deceive somebody about something
I wouldn’t deceive you about anything as important as this.
像這麽重要的事我不會欺騙你的。
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In everyday English, people usually say trick rather than deceive: 在日常英語中,人們一般說 trick ,而不說 deceive
She thought they were trying to trick her.
她覺得他們在試圖騙她。
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.
我以爲她是愛我的，但我是在自我欺騙。
deceive yourself that
He didn’t deceive himself that he and Ruth could remain friends.
他並未自欺地認爲他和露絲能繼續做朋友。
Examples from the Corpus
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 使誤信，誤導
Don’t be deceived by the new cover – this is a rehash of old hits.
别被新封面誤導，這只是一些經典老歌的翻唱作品。
—deceiver noun [countableC]
n THESAURUS
deceive especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true
This 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 something
A 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 trick
His 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 true
The company was accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of the product.
dupe informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else’s dishonest activity without realizing it
The spies duped government and military officials alike.
con informal to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not true
I’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to con me.
Examples from the Corpus
deceive• Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.• Those options are limited: shoot, kill, make love, deceive, ambush -- that sort of thing.• I have been badly deceived and robbed.• Kyl said voters had been deceived by supporters of the new bill.• All through the summer Paula was deceived her husband while she was seeing another man.• She deceives herself more than she deceives anyone else.• So mortals learned that it is not possible to get the better of Zeus or ever deceive him.• Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.• She looks up and smiles at him with a sophisticated, coy, deceiving smile.• This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.• I wouldn't deceive you about anything as important as this.• If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
deceive somebody into doing something• Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.
From Longman Business Dictionary
deceivede·ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ verb [transitiveT]
to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get what you want
Postal officials have long deceived the public on how slow mail delivery really is.
deceive somebody into something
Investors were deceived into thinking that their money would be protected.
Origin deceive
(1200-1300) Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere

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