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! -ger n. 欺骗者,骗子。
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| 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,
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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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