| 词汇 | humbug |
| 释义 | humbug noun uk /ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/ us /ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/ humbugnoun (DISHONESTY)[ U ] dishonest talk, writing, or behaviour that is intended to deceive people: 欺骗行为（或言论） the usual political humbug司空见惯的政治花招 I know humbug when I see it. Her arguments are impeccable and she has absolutely no tolerance for humbug. Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction lie mythologize perjure perjury polygraph someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper humbugnoun (SWEET)[ C ]UK a hard sweet, usually with a mint taste and strips of two different colours on the outside: （通常带双色条纹的）薄荷味硬糖 mint humbugs薄荷味硬糖 Tim Grist/Snapwire/Snapwi.re/GettyImages Sweets almond paste baking chocolate barley sugar bitter chocolate bittersweet chocolate confectioner confectionery cooking chocolate cotton candy couverture liquorice lollipop lolly marchpane marron glacé snow cone sourball spun sugar stick of rock sugared almond humbugnoun (PERSON)[ C ] someone who says they have particular moral beliefs but behaves in way that shows these are not sincere: 伪君子，伪善者 You're all a bunch of humbugs, the lot of you! He was a humbug: a former leftist who veered to the extreme right when his own interests were threatened. Synonym hypocrite Dishonest people birther cadger charmer cheat cheater deceiver fibber hoaxer hustler hypocrite knave mountebank perjurer profiteer rigger ringer schemer trickster wheeler-dealer bah humbug said in a critical way to someone who is complaining about something that should be enjoyable, especially Christmas. The expression was used by the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens: It's easy to say "bah humbug" over the early appearance of Christmas decorations in the shops. humbug verb uk /ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/ us /ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/ [ T ] to trick or deceive someone: 欺骗，哄骗 First he humbugs them, and then they pay to hear him tell how he did it! They believe we are being humbugged by journalists who should be providing us with reliable information. [ I or T ]UK to try to make someone give you something, especially money, by asking for it many times: humbug someone for somethingShe told her brother she had lost her job to stop him humbugging her for cash. They don't like the fact that beggars are humbugging on the streets. Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel funny business game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp prankster pretext pretextual pull pull a fast oneidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making appeals & requests Pursuing Examples of humbughumbug I congratulate him on his success in humbugging both sides, and making both sides believe, that they hare got a great bargain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always known they were humbugs—equality, serving their brother men, taking the profit motive out of industry and all that nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ought we not to stop humbugging ourselves and face the real issue? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people do not want to be soothed, humbugged and drugged any more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have humbugged themselves and everybody else for a generation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are sick to death of being humbugged in this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose you were humbugging all the time and had your tongue in your check. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a crowd of hypocritical humbugs who come along here mouthing pious expressions of sympathy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am tired of those humbugs who turn their heads away and say that it is not really going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us be humbugged about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the use of humbugging each other? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do not they are frauds and humbugs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here again the saving on lollipops and humbugs could have been used to give some significant assistance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my experience, advisory boards are usually complete humbugs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They look at one in amazement, and one realises that they think we are complete humbugs in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of humbug These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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