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humbug是什么意思

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humbug 是什么意思

过去式:humbugged   过去分词:humbugged   现在分词:humbugging   

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.瞒骗,欺诈。
2.谎言,空话,奉承话;用来骗人的东西。
3.骗子;吹牛的人。
4.〔英国〕一种薄荷糖。
vt.
(-gg-) 诈骗,瞒骗。 humbug sb. into buying rubbish 骗人买坏货。 humbug sb. out of his money 诈骗某人钱财。
vi.
行骗。
int.
胡说八道!
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n.
欺骗者,骗子。
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
同义词:fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on,

communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
同义词:snake oil,

pretentious or silly talk or writing
同义词:baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle,

trick or deceive

In English the word Humbug refers to a person or thing that tricks or deceives or talks or behaves in a way that is deceptive, dishonest, false, or insincere, often a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang.

例句与用法

1.A worse humbug would be hard to meet .
比这个更坏的骗子恐怕没有了。

2.I am going to expose all this humbug .
我要揭露这一切骗人的鬼话。

3.But we are naive, and we have been humbugged .
可是我们天真幼稚,我们受蒙蔽啦。

4.That idea is a load of humbug .
那个意见简直是一派胡言。

5.The humbug was sentenced to three years' imprisonment .
那个骗子被判了三年徒刑。

6.I know my words can seem to him nothing but utter humbug .
我知道,我说的话在他看来不过是彻头彻尾的慌言。

7.I thought you must be a humbug all along, from the conceited way you talked .
看你说话的那副神气,我就知道你一定是个吹牛的骗子。

8.The man who can still humbug himself has before him a future not lacking in brightness .
能够蒙骗自己的人仍然具有不乏光明的前景。

9.Once more, and finally as it seemed to me, i pronounced him in my heart, a humbug .
我再次地,也觉得是最后地在心里断定他是个骗子。

10.I have a great mind to put it into the fire, to punish your atrocious humbug and hypocrisy .
为了对你这种万恶的骗子和伪君子实施惩戒,我倒很赞成把它一把火烧掉完事。

 
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