deceptive

英 [dɪ'septɪv] 美 [dɪ'septɪv]

• adj. 骗人的；虚伪的；诈欺的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 欺骗性的；误导的

   likely to make sb believe sth that is not true

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 骗人的
2. 虚伪的
3. 迷惑的
4. 欺诈的
5. 欺骗性的
6. 误导的
7. 靠不住的
8. 难以捉摸的
9. 虚假的
10. 可能欺骗的
11. 导致误解的
12. 易使人误解的
13. 诈欺的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true;

   "deceptive calm"
   "a delusory pleasure"
   

2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently;

   "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"
   "deliberately deceptive packaging"
   "a misleading similarity"
   "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"
   "shoddy business practices"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Appearances are often deceptive.
   外表常常会骗人的。
2. There is nothing so clear and nothing more deceptive than emotions.
   再也没有像情感那么清楚也没有比情感更容易骗人的了。
3. Deceptive advertising has damaged the company's image among the consumer.
   虚假广告已损坏了该公司在消费者中的形象。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He said at last, with deceptive quiet.
   他终于开了口，故作镇静。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The first physical impression was deceptive.
   初次接触，外貌给人的印象未必正确。
2. Appearances may be deceptive.
   外貌可能有欺骗性。
3. Appearances can often be deceptive.
   外表常常靠不住。
4. The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
   敌人的和平姿态兴许是假象。
5. The water is deceptive. It's much deeper than it looks.
   这水有点儿骗人，实际深度比看起来深得多。
6. My first impression of him was deceptive—he was older than he looked.
   他给我的第一印象具有虚假性——他实际上比看上去老。

经典引文

• Keats' letters have a deceptive spontaneity which invites the mind to pass over them..without pausing to penetrate below the surface.

  出自： J. M. Murry

• It was probably an optical illusion. This half light is very deceptive.

  出自： N. Coward

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• deceptive advertisement 虚假广告
• deceptive bend in the road 易引人上当的弯路

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. deceptive的基本意思是“骗人的，易使人上当的，不可靠的，造成假象的，导致误解的”，即某物的外表给人以错误印象，从而误导某人使其相信某事是真实的。可指罪恶的欺骗勾当，也可指巧妙的、非罪恶的伪装手段。

近反义词

【近义词】

• misleading

派生词

adj.(形容词)

• deceptively adv. 欺骗性地，误导地