1. trick : to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something 骗某人去做某事

例：

I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late. （后来我才意识到自己被骗了，但为时已晚。）

trick somebody into doing something

The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers. （老人的几个儿子骗老人签了文件。）

trick somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them)

A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars. （有个男人假装是保险中介，骗走她几千美元。）

2. con : to trick someone （口语）骗

备注： ''con'' 常用于非正式的场合。

例：

He was trying to con me, and I knew it. （他想骗我，我知道。）

He conned his way into the job. （他想聘到这份工作，于是在简历上造了假。）

con somebody into doing something

She was conned into volunteering. （她被骗当了志愿者。）

con somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them)

She conned me out of $50. （她骗了我 50 美元。）

3. deceive : to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it （正式）欺骗

备注： ''deceive'' 常用于书面语中。

例：

This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public. （这是想故意欺骗公众。）

Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive. （小孩的谎言很多都是临时编的、并非有预谋的欺骗。）

All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man. （整个夏天里，宝拉都一直瞒着丈夫与别的男人见面。）

deceive somebody into doing something

Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices. （无数的买房者买房时都被坑而多花了钱。）

deceive yourself

If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself. （你要是觉得大家都喜欢这个计划，你就是在自欺欺人。）

4. fool : to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick 瞒过

例：

His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone. （大家一看就知道他戴了假发。）

fool somebody into doing something

They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country. （他们骗过了警方，让警方相信他们已经出镜了。）

have somebody fooled

The brothers' act had us all fooled. （他们兄弟俩的举动把我们都骗过了。）

you can't fool me （备注： ''you can't fool me'' 常用于口语中）

You can't fool me—I know he's already given you the money. （你骗不了我，我知道他已经把钱给了你了。）

fool yourself

Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me. （可能我是自欺欺人，但我真觉得他喜欢我。）

5. mislead : to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true 误导

例：

The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead. （这个报道故意要误导公众。）

They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product. （他们被控夸大其产品的营养价值，误导消费者。）

mislead somebody into doing something

Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies. （中介被控误导客户参加省钱计划，这些省钱计划实际上是保险业务。）

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