词汇精选：deception的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

欺骗，诓骗，蒙骗 [U]

例句：

I had to keep on with the deception.

我必须继续蒙混下去。

例句：

They attempted to practice deception on the public.

他们企图蒙骗公众耳目。

骗局，诡计 [C]

例句：

The President helped out in this particular deception.

总统否认此种谣传。

例句：

A magician uses deception.

魔术师使用骗术。

二、词义辨析：

deceit,deception,fraud

这3个名词均含有“欺骗”之意。deceit指歪曲实情，惯于说谎或蓄意欺骗。deception语气较弱，一般用词，侧重于具体的骗人行为。但有时并无欺骗行为，只是玩弄把戏，故弄玄虚而已。 fraud一般用于犯罪行为的欺骗，通常指政治或经济活动中的舞弊行为。

三、相关短语：

electronic deception

电子欺骗

四、参考例句：

He practiced deception on the public.

他欺瞒大众。

He obtained our trust by deception.

他靠欺骗获取了我们的信任。

He was convicted of obtaining money by deception.

They attempted to practice deception on the public.

他们企图蒙骗公众耳目。

It was an innocent deception, meant as a joke.

那是个无伤大雅的骗术，开个玩笑而已。

Only a minor deception is necessary to achieve our aim.

我们只需略施小计就可达到目的。

A sock puppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception within an online community.

“马甲”是网络社区中为了隐藏身份而注册的ID。

Some circus numbers are all about deception, like magic tricks and gravity-defying acrobatics.

一些马戏团玩的把戏全是骗人的，比如魔术、反重力杂技表演等。

It might not even be a huge deal, but the deception alone breaks trust that can be hard to recover.

也许不是什么大事，但欺骗本身就会破坏信任，再难修复。

For last year's Oscars, she superimposed her face onto one female attendee's body, although her deception had seemingly gone unnoticed.

在去年的奥斯卡颁奖礼上，她也把自己ps到了颁奖礼现场的一位女演员身上，但当时没被人发现。