3分鐘學(xué)英語(yǔ) [303]:英文"騙子"怎么說(shuō)?

v. Rip off

騙(別人做不公平交易);偷

【例句一】
Oh my god, you traded your PS4 for a broken MacBook. You got ripped off.
天哪，你用PS4換了一個(gè)壞的蘋(píng)果筆記本，你被騙了。

【例句二】
Harriet tried to rip me off for $100 by saying I was the one who broke her phone. I didn't even touch it.
Harriet說(shuō)是我把她的電話摔碎了，試圖騙我100塊錢。我連碰都沒(méi)碰過(guò)那電話。

n. Rip-off
一個(gè)過(guò)于貴的東西;一個(gè)不公平的交易

【例句一】
They're selling t-shirts here for $20 each while next door is selling the same ones for $10. What a rip-off.
他們?cè)谶@一件T恤衫賣20美金，然而隔壁同樣的才10美金。簡(jiǎn)直就是搶錢啊。

* What a rip-off.

簡(jiǎn)直就是搶錢啊。

 

【例句二】
The computer they're advertising is already a year old. It's not a deal. It's a rip-off.
他們廣告上那個(gè)電腦已經(jīng)出了一年了，根本不劃算。太貴了。

被騙的幾種方式：

v. Overpay
多付，買貴了

We're overpaying for our office supplies. I found a new vendor who's 10% cheaper than what we're paying now.
我們的辦公用品買貴了。我找到一個(gè)新的賣家，價(jià)格比以前便宜10%。

v. Scammed
欺詐，騙錢

I was scammed the other day by a guy who sold me a fake LV bag.
那天我被一個(gè)男人騙，買了一個(gè)假的LV包。

The car salesman scammed the couple by selling them a lemon car.
那個(gè)汽車銷售員騙那對(duì)夫婦買了一輛外表看起來(lái)完好但里邊壞掉了的車。

n. Scammed
騙局

A: I got a letter that says I won a new car. I just need to enter my banking info to get it.
我剛收到一封信，說(shuō)我贏得一輛新車。我就只需要把我的銀行信息給他。
B: That sounds like a scam. I don't think you should do it.
這聽(tīng)起來(lái)好像一個(gè)騙局，我覺(jué)得你不應(yīng)該這樣做。

v. Con
欺騙，欺詐

I'm sorry to say, but I don't think she really likes you. I think she's just conning you for your money.
很抱歉但是我得說(shuō)她并不喜歡你。我覺(jué)得她在騙你的錢。

Con也可以作為名詞

I can see through your con. There's no way I'm giving you any of my passwords.
我能看懂你的騙局，但是我不可能把我的密碼給你。

Con artist
騙子

Don't trust Greg. He's a con artist. Nothing he says is true.
別相信Greg，他就是個(gè)騙子，沒(méi)有一句實(shí)話。

The con artist made off with 5 million dollars by pretending to be an investor.
那個(gè)騙子從別人手里騙到了500萬(wàn)美金，他就去裝一個(gè)投資人。

· cheap knock off 便宜的仿品
· fake 假的
· real 真的
· authentic 真的

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