hoax the public
collocation欺骗公众
The fake online sale was designed to hoax the public.
那场虚假的网上促销活动旨在欺骗公众。
欺骗；愚弄
hoaxing — present participle of hoax
通过恶意或顽皮的捏造来欺骗(某人)使其相信某事。；哄骗
to deceive someone by making them believe something that was made up, either as a joke or to cause harm
通过恶意或顽皮的捏造来欺骗(某人)使其相信某事。
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
一般现在时
He often hoaxes his friends with fake news.
他经常用假新闻愚弄他的朋友。
一般过去时
They hoaxed the entire school last April Fools' Day.
去年愚人节他们愚弄了全校。
现在进行时
She is hoaxing the audience with a clever trick.
她正在用一个聪明的把戏欺骗观众。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed，第三人称单数加-es。
He hoaxed his friends into believing that aliens had landed in his backyard.
他愚弄他的朋友们，让他们相信外星人降落在他的后院。
用法提示：本句中 hoax 作为及物动词，表示通过欺骗使某人相信虚假的事情。
She hoaxed me with a fake lottery ticket, but I wasn't fooled for long.
她用一张假彩票骗我，但我很快就没有上当。
用法提示：本句中 hoaxed 为过去式，表示单次欺骗行为。
The journalist was fired for hoaxing the public with fabricated news stories.
这名记者因用捏造的新闻故事欺骗公众而被解雇。
用法提示：本句中 hoaxing 为现在分词，表示持续性或习惯性的欺骗行为。
最通用，可指任何形式的欺骗，不特别侧重恶意或恶作剧。
语气较口语化，强调巧妙或顽皮的手段，后果可轻可重。
侧重利用对方的轻信或天真，常搭配为 fool sb into doing sth。
较正式，强调受害者被蒙蔽而受害，常指有预谋的欺骗。
正式或文学用语，强调遮人耳目、使人受骗，未必带恶作剧色彩。
用作 hoax（欺骗某人相信捏造之事）的反义；强调揭示真相、消除欺骗造成的错误认知，如 undeceive somebody about something。
针对 hoax 的“欺骗”义项；通过说明真相使某人不再相信错误想法，常搭配 disabuse somebody of something。
针对 hoax 的“使信以为真”义项；强调提供真实信息使对方明白，但语义更宽泛，不专指破除骗局。
针对 hoax 的“以捏造之事欺骗”义项；指打破错误幻想，但常带理想破灭的意味，选择时需注意语境。
欺骗公众
The fake online sale was designed to hoax the public.
那场虚假的网上促销活动旨在欺骗公众。
骗某人做某事
The con artist hoaxed her into buying a fake watch.
那个骗子骗她买了一块假手表。
被……欺骗
The bank was hoaxed by a forged email.
银行被一封伪造的电子邮件欺骗了。
欺骗媒体
The prankster hoaxed the media with a false celebrity rumor.
恶作剧者用一条虚假的名人传闻欺骗了媒体。
谣言常是这种骗局传播的载体，指未经证实的说法。
对这种骗局的典型反应是揭穿其虚假性。
这种骗局是一种故意制造的虚假信息。
这种骗局会让人把伪造的事物信以为真。
有些这种骗局出于顽皮目的，类似恶作剧。
你虚情假意的爱，是我唯一相信的谎言。
From Taylor Swift's song 'hoax' on her 2020 album 'folklore'. The line uses 'hoax' to describe a relationship that let her down; she still trusts it, making it the one deception she believes.
出自泰勒·斯威夫特2020年专辑《folklore》中的歌曲《hoax》。这句歌词用 hoax 来描述一段令她失望的感情，她仍然相信它，因此这是她唯一信以为真的骗局。
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