學(xué)個(gè)詞 Learn A Word:836 hoax

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是hoax。 Hoax, 騙局、惡作劇。美國(guó)警方證實(shí)，上星期的“氣球男孩”事件是一起事先策劃的惡作劇, "The police have confirmed that the ’balloon boy’ incident was a hoax." 俄
亥俄州一名女子在一家服裝商店聲稱中了六和彩，愿意為所有五百美元以下的消費(fèi)買單。"It turned out to be a hoax and caused angry customers to loot the store," 結(jié)果證明是一場(chǎng)騙局，受騙的消費(fèi)者一氣之下，洗劫了這家服裝商店。德克薩斯一名美軍士兵為開小差，設(shè)計(jì)綁架案，結(jié)果被判三年徒刑, "A Texas soldier was sentenced to three years in prison for a kidnapping hoax." 好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是hoax...