hoax
US /hoʊks/
UK /həʊks/
名詞
騙局, 惡作劇, 詭計
a humorous or malicious deception
範例:
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The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
炸彈威脅原來是場騙局。
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The UFO sighting was later exposed as a clever hoax.
不明飛行物目擊事件後來被揭露為一個巧妙的騙局。
動詞
欺騙, 愚弄, 開玩笑
deceive with a hoax
範例:
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He tried to hoax the public with a fake charity.
他試圖用一個虛假的慈善機構來欺騙公眾。
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The students decided to hoax their teacher with a made-up story.
學生們決定用一個編造的故事來愚弄他們的老師。