n.受騙的人；上當(dāng)者

vt.欺騙；愚弄

Though much publicized to dupe the people,this pledge came to nothing. 此保證曾被大作宣傳欺騙人民，但沒有收到效果。

He held the blotter in his hand and contemplated it in stupid delight, almost ready to laugh at the hallucination of which he had been the dupe. 他拿著那吸墨紙，不斷地看，呆頭呆腦地感到幸運，幾乎笑了出來，說自己竟會受到錯覺的愚弄。