deceit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. countable,uncountable
    — The whole conversation was merely a deceit.
  2. An act of deceiving someone. countable,uncountable
    — Upon his return he killed Eriphyle for her vanity and deceit of him and his father.
  3. The state of being deceitful or deceptive. uncountable
    — [T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve.
  4. The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury. countable,uncountable

词形变化

deceits plural deceipt alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
deceit deceitfulness deceptiveness dissimulation duplicity fraudulence fraudulency trickery perfidy underhandedness
衍生词
deceited deceiteous deceitful deceitless self-deceit
相关词
deception

词源

From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin dēcipere (“to cheat, mislead”).
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