
vt.欺騙;騙取
vi.作弊;行騙
n.騙子;欺騙
We were on our honor not to cheat the customers. 我們以名譽擔保不欺騙顧客。
It is contemptible to cheat friends. 欺騙朋友是卑劣的。
They cheat the old woman of her house and money. 他們騙取了老婦人的房屋和錢財。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)I would rather fail than cheat in the examination. 我寧愿考不及格,也不愿意考試作弊。
He never cheats to pass examination. 他考試從不作弊。
It is just not credible that she would cheat. 她會行騙簡直難以置信。
用作名詞 (n.)cheat的基本意思是“欺騙”,指為了謀取私利或占便宜而采取不誠實的手段(主要是使別人不注意)進行欺騙。
cheat作“欺騙,哄騙”解時是及物動詞,其賓語總是人,后可接of sth 或into sth/ v-ing 表示被騙去的東西或騙某人做某事,可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。作“欺詐,作弊”解時,用作不及物動詞,其后常跟介詞in或at; 也可接介詞into,介詞賓語多為動名詞。
cheat還可以表示“對…不忠”,用作不及物動詞,跟介詞on。這是一種俚語用法,常用來表示男女關(guān)系。
cheat不跟雙賓語。例如: 他騙走了我的錢。誤:He cheated me money.正:He cheated me out of money.
cheat不跟含現(xiàn)在分詞或動詞不定式的復合賓語,用欺騙的手段使某人上當而做某事,須說cheat sb into doing sth。例如: 他欺騙她,使她嫁給了他的兒子。誤:He cheated her marrying his son.誤:He cheated her to marry his son.正:He cheated her into marrying his son.