confidence game

英 [ˈkɒnfɪdəns ɡeɪm]

美 [ˈkɑːnfɪdəns ɡeɪm]

n.  同 confidence trick; (常指骗钱的)骗局

法律

柯林斯词典

• 同 confidence trick
  Aconfidence gameis the same as aconfidence trick.

英英释义

noun

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  Synonym:buncobunco gamebunkobunko gameconconfidence trickcon gamegyphustlestingflimflam

双语例句

• After the second went in you could see a real surge in confidence and we've got to take that into the game against Everton.
  在打进第二个进球后，你可以看到自信真的出现了，我们应该把他带到埃弗顿的比赛。
• Second, they are cunning and deceitful; when the times are against them, they conceal their ideas to win other people's confidence. confidence game: a swindle in which the victim is defrauded after his or her confidence has been won.
  他们有狡猾的政治手腕，不利时会伪装自己，骗取信任，骗局：骗取受害者的信任后再行诈骗受害人的欺诈。
• Friends say that he lost confidence, as can happen quickly to a man caught up in a confidence game.
  朋友们说，他很快就失去了信心，而在一个靠信心和信任支撑的环境中这是常见的。
• One who acts as a decoy, as in a confidence game. Before you drop the ball into the spinning wheel, you bet a number on the electronic layout.
  诱骗者，赌棍同伙充当眼线的人，如在一场骗局中在你把小球投入转盘之前，先在布局上赌个号码。
• That confidence is my name and coolness my game.
  我的名字叫自信，我的游戏是扮酷。
• Breastfeeding can be thought of as a confidence game.
  母乳喂养更象是一种信心的游戏。
• This may indicate a suspicion of Russian motives, or scepticism about the possibility of effective regulation. Perhaps it also reflects confidence that America remains well ahead of the game in cyberspace, with the most sophisticated research and security capacities.
  这可能表明它们对俄罗斯的动机以及对能否施加有效监管持怀疑态度，或许也反映了这种信心：美国拥有世界上最先进的研发和防护能力，在网络空间的角逐中依然遥遥领先。
• Work and repetition can change your confidence game, literally. It starts not with a belief that you are naturally good or bad at something, but rather a belief that you can learn.
  努力以及反复努力能够真正改变你树立信心的过程。它并不从树立一种你天生就善于或不善于做某件事情的信念开始，而是要你相信自己拥有学习的潜能。
• But in the broker-dealer world, confidence and perception are critical, and if enough people believe you're going under, rightly or wrongly, the game is over – fast.
  但在经纪交易商的世界中，信心和认知是至关重要的。如果有足够多的人认为你即将倒下无论这种看法是对还是错这场游戏就会飞速终结。
• Sir Alex gave me confidence by picking me for the pre-season game against Marseille in August.
  爵爷让我在季前赛参加对马赛的比赛让我感觉很有自信。