deceit

Word family noun deceit deceiver deception deceitfulnessadjective deceitful deceptive verb deceive adverb deceptively deceitfully

de·ceit /dɪˈsiːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

TRICK/DECEIVEbehaviour that is intended to make someone believe something that is not true 欺骗，欺诈

an atmosphere of hypocrisy and deceit

充满虚伪和欺骗的氛围

deliberate/calculated/outright deceit 故意的/蓄意的/彻头彻尾的欺骗

Examples from the Corpus

deceit• His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.• The students harboured hidden resentment and committed deceit.• Urban renewal was the greatest deceit True, slum property was being cleared.• This caused an angry confrontation and Minton apologised for his deceit.• Murder, deceit, and malice await Sara when she comes to visit her great-aunt Contessa Belzoni in Venice of the 1880s.• The government has a sad history of deceit in its dealings with Indians.• Any other parties must be able to allege fraud or deceit.• Precisely for this reason, you end up by trusting no one and suspecting everyone of possible deceit.• Often, he'd involved others in the deceit.• The wedge this deceit drove between us only served to make me love Kip more.• He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected.

deliberate/calculated/outright deceit• He had deceived her utterly from start to finish, and such calculated deceit was a downright insult!

From Longman Business Dictionary

deceitde·ceit /dɪˈsiːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

behaviour that is intended to make someone believe something that is not true

Victims of the firm’s fraud and deceit are seeking redress in the courts.

Origin deceit

(1200-1300) Old French Latin decipere; → DECEIVE

词汇	deceit
释义	deceit Word family noun deceit deceiver deception deceitfulnessadjective deceitful deceptive verb deceive adverb deceptively deceitfully de·ceit /dɪˈsiːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] TRICK/DECEIVEbehaviour that is intended to make someone believe something that is not true 欺骗，欺诈 an atmosphere of hypocrisy and deceit 充满虚伪和欺骗的氛围 deliberate/calculated/outright deceit 故意的/蓄意的/彻头彻尾的欺骗 Examples from the Corpus deceit• His political opponents have accused him of corruption and deceit.• The students harboured hidden resentment and committed deceit.• Urban renewal was the greatest deceit True, slum property was being cleared.• This caused an angry confrontation and Minton apologised for his deceit.• Murder, deceit, and malice await Sara when she comes to visit her great-aunt Contessa Belzoni in Venice of the 1880s.• The government has a sad history of deceit in its dealings with Indians.• Any other parties must be able to allege fraud or deceit.• Precisely for this reason, you end up by trusting no one and suspecting everyone of possible deceit.• Often, he'd involved others in the deceit.• The wedge this deceit drove between us only served to make me love Kip more.• He now found himself in a world where deceit was accepted, even expected. deliberate/calculated/outright deceit• He had deceived her utterly from start to finish, and such calculated deceit was a downright insult! From Longman Business Dictionary deceitde·ceit /dɪˈsiːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] behaviour that is intended to make someone believe something that is not true Victims of the firm’s fraud and deceit are seeking redress in the courts. Origin deceit (1200-1300) Old French Latin decipere; → DECEIVE
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