charlatan
charlatan 英 [ˈʃɑ:lətən] 美 [ˈʃɑrlətən]
n. 吹牛者；江湖医生 adj. 骗人的
名词复数:charlatans
- A charlatan is a quack, a person who is trying to deceive you with false claims. Beware of charlatans who try to sell you access to the fountain of youth or to a Ponzi scheme disguised as an exclusive investment fund.
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- n. 吹牛者；江湖医生
- adj. 骗人的
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1. Incapable of moral clarity, he could never quite admit to himself that he was a charlatan and that his scheme was an impossible fiasco.
由于缺乏明确的道德准则，他从来不承认自己是一个江湖骗子以及他的计划是个彻底的失败品。
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2. Logue won't indulge his patient's stuffiness, while Bertie considers Logue a charlatan until a breakthrough moment that involves Hamlet's soliloquy and a recording machine.
洛格不愿纵容他的病人的自负，而伯蒂则一直认为他的医生是一个江湖骗子，直到某个涉及哈姆雷特独白和录音机的突破性契机。
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3. If you are too trusting of the invisible, then you buy that $89 ebook that comes with the promise of instant riches, or you sign up for ear candling, or invest time and money with a charlatan.
如果你对这些无形的事物相当信任，那么你可能会花89美元买一个承诺给你一夜暴富的电子书，或报名参加一次耳烛疗法，或跟一个江湖郎中花费你的时间和金钱。
- charlatan (n.) "one who pretends to knowledge, skill, importance, etc.," 1610s, from French charlatan "mountebank, babbler" (16c.), from Italian ciarlatano "a quack," from ciarlare "to prate, babble," from ciarla "chat, prattle," perhaps imitative of ducks' quacking. Related: Charlatanical.
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