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- hoax
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恶作剧;假警报;骗局 A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not.
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A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre...
一系列炸弹假警报扰乱了市中心的圣诞节购物活动。
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He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。
- Noun
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1. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- synonym： fraud，fraudulence，dupery，humbug，put-on
- Verb
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1. subject to a playful hoax or joke
- synonym： pull someone's leg，play a joke on
- 1. They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
- 他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
来自《简明英汉词典》
