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

• That will certainly give her a lot of confidence going into the game.
  这件事将使她从今往后更加投入、更加自信地执法每一场比赛。
• 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。
• The truism that banking is a confidence game barely needs repeating.
  银行业是一场信心博弈已是老生常谈。
• It's a good opportunity for guys to get more playing time, to get more confidence in their game.
  这给他们带来了更多上场时间，使之更有自信。
• 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。
• 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。
• The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game's overlords.
  昨天，在对威尔士橄榄球界几位巨头投了不信任票后，该运动的管理陷入一片混乱。
• 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。
• I have big confidence in Rio. I'm sure he will get better with every game.
  我相信费迪南德，我相信他每场比赛都会打得更好。
• Winning games breeds confidence, and now we look more potent and more of a threat I think we will go on and win the game.
  赢球带来更多自信，现在我们看起来更加强大更有威胁，所以我认为我们还会继续赢球。