1. con man/con artist/scam artist:
someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them 骗钱的骗子
备注:''con
man/con artist/scam artist''常用于口语中。
例:
A pair of con men have been tricking older
people in the community out of their life savings. (有两个骗子骗走了社区里很多老人的全部积蓄。)
She gave $11,000 to two con artists who
pretended to be bank officials. (有两个骗子假装是银行职员,她被他们骗了$11,000。)
Petty scam artists victimize tourists on
the streets. (有些骗子在路上欺骗游客。)
2. crook: a dishonest person who
steals things or tricks people 不诚实的人
备注:''crook''常用于非正式的场合。
例:
I wouldn't do business with him - he's a
crook. (我不会跟他做生意的,他就是个骗子。)
People have accused me of being a crook,
but I didn't take any money that wasn't mine. (人们都说我是个骗子,但我没拿别人一分钱。)
3. charlatan: someone who pretends
to have special skills and abilities and tricks people into believing them 江湖骗子,声称自己有特殊技能或能力的人
例:
Some psychic charlatan convinced her she
was going to die in six months. (有个算命先生告诉她,她只剩六个月的命了。)
Charlatans advertise a variety of
fat-reducing treatments in the back of magazines. (一些江湖术士在杂志背面登了一系列降脂的广告。)
4. quack: a dishonest person who
pretends to be a doctor who can cure diseases 蒙古大夫
备注:''quack''常用于非正式的场合。
例:
quacks selling weight-loss drugs(卖减肥药的江湖骗子)
Larry paid some quack over a thousand
dollars to cure his insomnia. (拉瑞为了治好失眠,付给这个庸医一千多块钱。)
5. shyster: a dishonest
person, especially a lawyer 讼棍,不择手段的律师
备注:''shyster''常用于美式英语中的非正式场合。
例:
Their lawyer is a shyster who would do
anything to win a case. (他们请的这个律师是个为了赢官司会不择手段的讼棍。)
Once the shysters get involved, you can be
sure we'll end up in court. (只要这些讼棍介入,我们肯定要法庭见了。)
6. snake-oil salesman/peddler:
someone who deceives people by persuading them to accept false information,
solutions etc that are not effective 江湖骗子,糊弄人相信虚假信息或无效之物的人
备注:''snake-oil
salesman/peddler''常用于美式英语中。
例:
Late night TV is full of snake-oil salesmen
offering get-rich-quick schemes. (晚间节目尽是江湖骗子讲授快速致富法门。)
Critics have called the Senator a
smooth-talking snake-oil peddler. (评论家把这个议员称为花言巧语的江湖骗子。)
7. cheat: 骗子
备注:美式英语中常用''cheater''。
例:
Don't pretend you can't afford to pay me
that money back - you're nothing but a cheat and a liar!(别假装还不起钱了!你就是个骗子!)
My grandmother thinks all car salesmen are
cheats. (我奶奶觉得所有卖车的都是骗子。)
I'll never play cards with you again, you
cheater!(我不会再跟你打牌了。你这个骗子!)
8. swindler: someone who regularly
cheats people or organizations to get money 经常骗钱的骗子
例:
That firm is a bunch of swindlers. Don't
pay them anything until the goods have been delivered and checked. (这就是个骗子公司,在收到货之前千万别付钱。)
I wasn't going to let any kid of mine work
among those swindlers on Wall Street. (我不会让我的孩子们去华尔街跟那些骗子一起做事。)
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