耀久九英英词典

confidence trick

C 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ˌtrɪk]
  • 美式音标 [ˈkɑːn.fɪ.dəns ˌtrɪk]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 骗局；欺诈

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • This is why another term for a Ponzi or pyramid scheme is a confidence trick.
    这就是庞氏骗局或金字塔骗局的心理基础。
  • It marked the trade diplomats' surrender to the confidence trick on which the system is founded.
    贸易体系建立在一个信任骗局基础上，而这次的惨败标志着贸易外交官们向这种骗局屈服投降了。
  • What happened last week in the vote on the Lisbon Treaty was a confidence trick of epic proportions.
    所发生的事情，上周在表决里斯本条约是一个信心的伎俩史诗比重。

    • 权威例句

  • Like many financial firms, only more so, Enron built its success upon a confidence trick.
    ECONOMIST: Enron's fall
  • Patch and cover up of a confidence trick that beats Sub Prime and Bernie Madoff for sheer temerity!
    FORBES: Bonds, Bailouts & Barber -Surgeon's
  • This potted history may tell what happened, but it raises a question: how did Enron manage to pull off its confidence trick?
    ECONOMIST: The tragedy of one company's rise and fall

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a con noun(TRICK)

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.