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deceptive

adjective
🔊/dɪˈseptɪv/
🔊/dɪˈseptɪv/
Word Family
  • deceive verb
  • deceit noun
  • deceitful adjective
  • deception noun
  • deceptive adjective
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  1. likely to make you believe something that is not true欺骗性的；误导的；骗人的 synonym misleading
    • a deceptive advertisement虚假广告
    • Appearances can often be deceptive (= things are not always what they seem to be).外表常常靠不住。🔊🔊
    • the deceptive simplicity of her writing style (= it seems simple but is not really)她那看似简单实则不然的写作风格
    • The firm was found guilty of publishing a misleading and deceptive advertisement.该公司因发布误导性和欺骗性广告而被判有罪。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • highly
    • very
    • dangerously
    • …
    phrases
    • can be deceptive
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Old French deceptif, -ive or late Latin deceptivus, from decept- ‘deceived’, from decipere ‘to deceive’.