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词汇 con
释义 con
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /kɒn/ us /kɑːn/-nn-
to make someone believe something false, usually so that that person will give you their money or possessions: 骗,诈骗,哄骗(通常指钱财)
She felt she had been conned into buying the car.她觉得自己上当受骗买下了这辆车。
Thieves conned him out of his life savings.小偷骗走了他一辈子的积蓄。
He managed to con £20 out of them (= get that amount from them by deceiving them).他从他们那里骗得20英镑。
Compare
gypverbUSinformal old-fashioned
rookverbold-fashionedinformal
swindleverb
defraud
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to deceive someone
deceiveThe cigarette companies deceived the public about the health risks of cigarettes.
deceive yourselfYou'd be deceiving yourself if you believed that.
trickShe felt they had tricked her into saying more than she intended.
foolYou don't fool me with your innocent act.
take inThey claimed to be destitute, but we weren't taken in.
pull the wool over someone's eyesI'm not stupid. You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cheating & tricking
anti-fraud
bad faith
bamboozle
bilk
blackmail
deceive
diddle
feint
flannel
game-fixing
grift
grifter
gull
gyp
have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
prankster
pretext
pretextual
pull
pull a fast oneidiom
con
noun
uk /kɒn/ us /kɑːn/

connoun (TRICK)


[ C ]informal
a trick to get someone's money or make someone do what you want: 骗局;圈套;花招
It's a con - you get half the food for twice the price!这是个圈套——你花两倍的钱才买到一半的食物!
a con trick骗局
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cheating & tricking
anti-fraud
bad faith
bamboozle
bilk
blackmail
deceive
diddle
feint
flannel
game-fixing
grift
grifter
gull
gyp
have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
prankster
pretext
pretextual
pull
pull a fast oneidiom

connoun (DISADVANTAGE)


[ Cusually plural ]informal
a disadvantage or a reason for not doing something: 不利条件;弊病
One of the cons of buying a bigger car is that it costs more to run.买辆大一点的汽车的缺点是跑起来更费油。
You have to weigh up all the pros and cons of the matter before you make a decision.作决定之前,你要权衡问题的利弊。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Advantage and disadvantage
ace
an ace up your sleeveidiom
attraction
be well in thereidiom
be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom
have something on your sideidiom
have the inside trackidiom
have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom
head start
hold all the cardsidiom
leg
lock
milk
profit from something
racing start
saving grace
scent bloodidiom
secret weapon
stick
the best of both worldsidiom

connoun (EVENT )


[ C ]informal
short forconvention: a large event where fans of (=people who are very enthusiastic about) a particular TV programme, film, computer game, etc. can meet each other and some of the people involved in making it:
San Diego has the largest comic con in the United States.
The city holds an annual sci-fi con.
The actor is in Chicago this weekend for Wizard World, and is scheduled to be at the New York Comic Con at the end of next month.
I’ve never attended a fan con, but I am a huge fan of the show.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Topics & areas of interest
angle
backyard
bailiwick
cause célèbre
centrism
convention
current issue
demesne
front
issue
kingdom
leitmotiv
province
score
specialism
subject
talk
talking point
themed
topically

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Enthusiasts

connoun (PRISONER)


[ C ]slang
short forconvict: someone who is in prison because they have been found guilty of a crime已决犯,既决犯;(服刑中的)囚犯(同 convict)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

People held in prison
captive
cellmate
co-prisoner
convict
dead
dead man walkingidiom
detainee
detenu
gaolbird
hostage
inmate
internee
jailbird
lag
lifer
political prisoner
pow
prisoner
prisoner of conscience
prisoner of war
con-
prefix
uk /kɒn-/ us /kɑːn-/
together; with: 一起,共同,与…一起
conspiracy共谋
consortium财团
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Connecting and combining
abut
additive
adjoin
affix something to something
agglomerate
connecting
converge
convergence
cor
couple something together
interweave
isthmic
jointed
junction
kludge
unification
unified
unify
unintegrated
union
Con.
adjective
UK
written abbreviation forConservative保守党(Conservativel的缩写)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Politics - general words
anti-capitalism
anti-capitalist
anti-communism
anti-communist
anti-fascism
interpellate
interpellation
interventionist
lab
laissez-faire
Orwellian
overstep
parliament
party politics
personality cult
statesman
statesmanlike
stateswoman
subsidiarity
super-conservative

con | American Dictionary


con
verb[ T ]
 infmlus/kɑn/-nn-
to deceive someone by using a trick, or to cheat someone of money:
I know when I’m being conned.
con
noun[ C ]
us/kɑn/
something done to trick or deceive someone:
a con game/job
It was a con, and he fooled us all.

con | Business English


con
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /kɒn/us-nn-
to trick someone so they will give you money, or do something that you want them to do:
con sb out of sthHomeowners were conned out of millions of dollars in a huge real estate scam.
con sb into (doing) sthThe website conned customers into giving their bank account and password information.
con
noun[ C ]
uk /kɒn/us(alsoconfidence trick)
a trick to get someone's money, or to make them do what you want:
What seemed like a great investment opportunity turned out to be an elaborate con.
a con trick/game
a con merchant/artist
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