hoax是什么意思

双语例句

(1)This hoax made everyone around him hate him.

这种恶作剧让周围人都很讨厌他。

(2)He received a phone hoax today to sell him health supplements.

他今天接到了电话骗局，向他推销保健品。

(3)These little children often hoax the people in nearby shops.

这些小孩子经常去捉弄附近的商店的人。

(4)The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.

那次炸弹恐吓结果发现是场骗局

(5)They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

他们成了一大骗局的上当受骗者。

(6)He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.

他否认打过谎报电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯之后他被判有罪。

(7)Probably a translation of the celebrated Moon Hoax, written by Richard A. Locke, and originally published in New York.

可能是理查德 A. 洛克撰写了著名的《月球骗局》的译本，并最终在纽约首次发行。

(8)Snopes report: Complete hoax.

snopes调查结果：完全是个骗局。

(9)think it’s a hoax, ” she told me.

“我觉得这是个恶作剧，”她对我说。

同义词

vt. 愚弄；欺骗

n. 骗局；恶作剧

同根词

词根 hoax

(1)hoaxer n. 骗子；欺骗者

释义

n.

a humorous or malicious deception

戏弄，恶作剧

they recognized the plan as a hoax

他们意识到该计划是一出恶作剧

[as modifier]he was accused of making hoax calls.

　他被指控打恶作剧电话。

v.

deceive with a hoax

戏弄，愚弄。

词源

"late 18th cent. （as a verb）： probably a contraction of ＨＯＣＵＳ."

(1)It seems yesterday's demonstration was a hoax, designed by Ms. Cullen. Was it?

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