首頁英語詞典deceitfuldeceitful英英釋意

deceitful

英 [d?'si?tf?l; -f(?)l] 美[d?'sitfl]
  • adj. 欺騙的;欺詐的;謊言的;虛偽的

英英釋意


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