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词汇 bamboozling
释义 bamboozling
present participle ofbamboozle
bamboozle
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /bæmˈbuː.zəl/ us /bæmˈbuː.zəl/
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : 愚弄;欺骗
Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon.
She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.他们连哄带骗,骗她说出了信用卡号码。
Synonym
hoodwink
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cheating & tricking
anti-fraud
bad faith
bamboozle
bilk
blackmail
deceive
diddle
fiddle
flannel
game-fixing
grift
grifter
gull
have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
pretext
pretextual
pull
pull a fast oneidiom
pull the wool over someone's eyesidiom
racket

Examples of bamboozling


bamboozling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


They got back to power by bamboozling the people about their real intentions.
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It is now generally accepted that the housewife—the consumer—is subjected to expensive brainwashing, bamboozling and deception.
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The study is a very good example of econometric bamboozling.
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It is another case of manipulation; another case of bamboozling.
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I would not suggest that they were bamboozling or attacking them, but bewildering them and antagonising them by subjecting them to a long list which they do not understand.
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Hansard archive

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