- 1
A deceitful person tells lies, or hides the truth, in order to get what they want. We use it for people, and also for smiles, words, promises, or ads that look friendly but are not honest. It is stronger than not honest, and it judges character more than one mistake: if you call someone deceitful, you are saying this is how they operate, not only that they told one lie. Though actually, a thing can be deceitful too — deceitful packaging, a deceitful appearance — when it is designed to . It is not a word to throw at a friend lightly.
狡詐的、愛騙人的
組成deceit + -ful: full of deceit.
同家族的字
- deceitthe noun it is built from
- deceivesame Latin root dēcipere, “to cheat”
- deceitfullydeceitful + -ly
- deceitfulnessdeceitful + -ness
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
deceitfuladj/dɪˈsiːtfʊl/
- 1
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.
- Faithfull are the woundes of a friend : but the kiſſes of an enemy are deceitfull.
- 2
Deceptive, two-faced.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。