deceive /diˈsi:v/ vt. 欺骗，使失望：deceive a person with fair words 用花言巧语欺骗某人；be deceived in sb. 看错了人，对某人失望；deceive sb. into doing sth. 骗某人做某事［考句］The secret agent concealed her real mission, therefore many local people were deceived into thinking that she was a good person.这个女特务隐瞒了其真实使命，造成许多当地人误以为她是个好人。He that once deceives is ever suspected.［谚］骗人一次，受疑一世。
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