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/dɪsˈɑːnɪst/ · /dɪsˈɒnɪst/
Not honest — telling lies, tricking people, or taking things that are not yours, so that other people are cheated. It can describe a person, a way of doing something, or one single act.
不誠實的；不老實的
比較級 more dishonest最高級 most dishonest
核心畫面
Think of someone who will not let you see the whole picture on purpose — they tell you a lie, hide the part that matters, or quietly take what is not theirs, and you end up worse off because you believed them. The word points at that gap between what they show you and what is true.
可以想成一個人刻意不讓你看到全貌：他說了假話、把關鍵的部分藏起來，或悄悄拿了不屬於自己的東西，而你因為相信了他而吃虧…更多收起
可以想成一個人刻意不讓你看到全貌：他說了假話、把關鍵的部分藏起來，或悄悄拿了不屬於自己的東西，而你因為相信了他而吃虧。dishonest 指的就是「他給你看的」跟「真實的情況」之間那道刻意留下的落差。這個詞可以形容一個人（a dishonest salesman）、一種做法（dishonest advertising），也可以只形容一次行為（it was dishonest of him to say that）。原始詞典資料4 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。
dishonestadj/dɪˈsɒnɪst/
- 1
Not honest; shoddy.
- “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.
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Interfering with honesty.
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obsoleteDishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
- speake dishonest word
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obsoleteDishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
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。