humbug
humbug 英 [ˈhʌmbʌg] 美 [ˈhʌmˌbʌɡ]
n. 骗子；欺骗；谎话 vt. 欺骗；哄骗 vi. 行骗
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- Humbug is language that's either deceptive or just ridiculous. Either way, it's verbal garbage and inspires people to mutter "Bah! Humbug!" — just like Scrooge did in "A Christmas Carol."
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- n. 骗子；欺骗；谎话
- vt. 欺骗；哄骗
- vi. 行骗
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1. Yon can only humbug those who are not aware of your tricks.
你只能欺骗还不清楚你的伎俩的那些人。
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2. She, the widow said, had not been taken in by that humbug; we’d never see the poor woman again.
寡妇说，她不会被那个骗子给蒙住的；我们绝对不会再见到她了。
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3. Bah humbug! I love Christmas, but the shopping has got to go. Here's why. Warning: This will be a rant of near-epic proportions .
去你的，都是骗子！我喜欢圣诞节，但购物可就免了吧。我来说说原因。事先声明：我这文章长度可快和史诗差不多了。
- humbug (n.) 1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, imposition, deception," of unknown origin. Also appearing as a verb at the same time, "deceive by false pretext" (trans.). A vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then. "[A]s with other and more recent words of similar introduction, the facts as to its origin appear to have been lost, even before the word became common enough to excite attention" [OED]. Meaning "spirit of deception or imposition; hollowness, sham" is from 1825.
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