hocus-pocus

英 [ˌhəʊkəs'pəʊkəs] 美 [ˌhoʊkəs'poʊkəs]

• n. 哄骗；花招

英英释义

Noun:

1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

经典引文

• Englishmen, with their balanced budgets and sound economy, had watched the German financial hocus-pocus with amazement.

  出自： J. F. Kennedy

近反义词

【近义词】

• deceit 欺骗
• conjuration 戏法
• abracadabra 咒语
• open sesame 秘诀
• hey presto 突然地; 立即...
• skulduggery 舞弊
• slickness 光滑
• trickery 欺骗
• jiggery-pokery 欺诈
• skullduggery 欺骗