3分鐘學英語 [303]:英文"騙子"怎么說?

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換了一個壞的蘋果筆記本，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說是我把她的電話摔碎了，試圖騙我100塊錢。我連碰都沒碰過那電話。

n. Rip-off
一個過于貴的東西;一個不公平的交易

【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.
他們在這一件T恤衫賣20美金，然而隔壁同樣的才10美金。簡直就是搶錢啊。

* What a rip-off.

簡直就是搶錢啊。

 

【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。我找到一個新的賣家，價格比以前便宜10%。

v. Scammed
欺詐，騙錢

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

The car salesman scammed the couple by selling them a lemon car.
那個汽車銷售員騙那對夫婦買了一輛外表看起來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.
這聽起來好像一個騙局，我覺得你不應該這樣做。

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.
很抱歉但是我得說她并不喜歡你。我覺得她在騙你的錢。

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，他就是個騙子，沒有一句實話。

The con artist made off with 5 million dollars by pretending to be an investor.
那個騙子從別人手里騙到了500萬美金，他就去裝一個投資人。

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

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