现代的社会信息太多,很多人或多或少,或全面或片面,都可能接收到一些不真实的信息,关于上当受骗这点儿事儿,大伙可得多加小心,不要被骗子套路了。
一、关于骗子,这几个单词比较常用:
1、fraud 欺骗;骗子;诡计
That man is a fraud.
那人是个骗子。
2、cheat 欺骗;骗取
Don't go to that shop, they often cheat their customers.
别去那家商店,他们常常欺骗顾客。
3、crook 骗子,坏蛋;
That salesman is a real crook.
那个销售员纯粹是个骗子。
4、liar 说谎者
He is an abject liar.
他是一个卑鄙的说谎者。
5、bamboozle?欺骗;使迷惑
They tried to bamboozle us into buying several more tickets.
他们试图骗我们多买几张票。
二、这些短语也很常用:
1、Be had
“被别人骗”口语里有个很常用的表达就是be had,通常只有被动形式。
I'm afraid you've been had.
恐怕你是上当了。
2、Fake out
Fake有“捏造”、“假装”的意思,这个词组则意指故意欺骗愚弄某人。
Don't believe him when he says he'll help you. He's just trying to fake you out.
他说要帮你,千万别信他。他只是想蒙骗你。
3、Rise to the bait
Bait意指“诱饵”,rise to the bait表示“上钩”,是不是很形象呢?
As soon as I mentioned money he rose to the bait.
我一提到钱,他就上套了。
4、Take in
骗子的话最容易被人吸收领会,这个词组表示的正是“欺骗”,通常用被动语态。
He was taken in by a man who said he was collecting money for a charity.
他被一个人骗了,那人说他在为慈善筹款。
5、Fall into the trap of doing sth.
Trap意指“陷阱”或“圈套”,fall into the trap of doing sth. 从字面看指掉进做某件事的陷阱里,言外之意是本以为某件事是正确的,但实际上不是那么回事儿。
She's too clever to fall into the trap of doing any unpaid work.
她很聪明,不会中计去做任何不付报酬的工作。
6、Monkey business
我们看到有人耍小把戏,会说这个人是耍猴的,英语里面也有这种说法。monkey business有“胡闹、欺骗、恶作剧”等等意思。
I'm not going to put up with this monkey business.
我不会去忍受这骗人的勾当。
三、还有这些句子可以了解下:
1、She has been dumped on too often.
她老是上当受骗。
2、Mary was done brown!
玛丽上当了!
3、He knew he'd been tricked/deceived, but it was too late to do anything.
他知道自己被骗了,但是为时已晚。
4、They got taken/was taken in by a scam artist.
他们被一个假冒的艺术家骗了。
5、Don't fall into the trap of signing something without reading it first.
不要看都不看就签字,小心上当。
6、Don't be fooled by his appearance.
不要被他的外表给蒙骗了。
7、We got screwed when we bought this house.
我们买这所房子时上当了。
8、The old man was tricked/trapped into buying a secondhand TV set.
老人受骗买了一台二手的电视。
9、I've been diddled! Half of these tomatoes are bad!
我上当了! 这些番茄有一半是坏的。
10、I'm wondering whether this really is a genuine Rolex. Do you think I've been sold a pup?
我怀疑这是不是真的劳力士手表,你觉得我上当了吗?
11、Richie couldn't believe he had been duped by his friends.
里奇不敢相信自己被朋友骗了。
12、You have been spoofed.
你上当了。
13、It was just a lie to get you out here, and you fell for it!
那只是一个让你到这儿来的谎言,你被骗了!