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deceitful

英 [dɪ'siːtfʊl; -f(ə)l]美[dɪ'sitfl]
  • adj. 欺骗的;欺诈的;谎言的;虚伪的

英英释意


1. intended to deceive;
"deceitful advertising"
"fallacious testimony"
"smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
"a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
2. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;
"she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
"a double-dealing double agent"
"a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
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