🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL BNC: 14500 COCA: 15761

deceit

noun

de·​ceit di-ˈsēt How to pronounce deceit (audio)
1
: the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act or practice of deceiving : deception
achieving one's goals through a web of deceit
2
: an attempt or device to deceive : trick
Her excuse turned out to be a deceit.
3
: the quality of being dishonest or misleading : the quality of being deceitful : deceitfulness
… far from deceit or guile. John Milton

Example Sentences

a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit she's completely free of deceit
Recent Examples on the Web There's all of this awesome stuff—and speculation, and scams, and deceit, and everything. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 19 June 2022 The good news is that there was a limit to this deceit, which suggests people care about moral considerations to some extent. Margarita Leib, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2022 The problem was not necessarily one specific party or another but the general deceit, hypocrisy, and disrespect that his rule-breaking seemed to symbolize. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2022 What unfolds is a triangular story of conflict, deceit, trickery and seduction every bit as complicated as a modern-day romcom. Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022 The nuclear families behind that fence were as broken and troubled as yours and mine by divorce, perversion, addiction, deceit, disaffection, violence, adultery, and we can each complete our personal list. David Mamet, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022 From the Leather Castle to dumpster dives to DEFCON conferences, Evans weaves a twisting tale of deceit, manipulation, empowerment, and regret. Longreads, 24 Jan. 2022 Advance knowledge of the possibility of violence would help show intent, while knowing that the claims of election fraud were bogus would provide evidence of deceit and dishonesty. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Both Johnson and Trump assumed power with lengthy records of rule-breaking, dishonesty and deceit. Frida Ghitis, CNN, 12 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English deceite, from Anglo-French, from Latin decepta, feminine of deceptus, past participle of decipere — see deceive

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of deceit was in the 14th century

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime