scam

英[skæm] 美[skæm]
  • n. 骗局,诡计;故事
  • vt. 欺诈;诓骗
  • vi. 欺诈;诓骗

词态变化


复数: scams;

中文词源


scam 欺诈,骗局

俚语,可能缩写自 scamp,流氓,骗子。

英文词源


scam
1963, noun and verb, U.S. slang, a carnival term, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to 19c. British slang scamp "cheater, swindler" (see scamp (n.)).

双语例句


1. The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.
那对搭档设了一计以消除各自的债务。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They believed they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder.
他们认为自己是在参与一起保险诈骗,而不是谋杀。

来自柯林斯例句

3. If the scheme appears to be a pyramid selling scam, have nothing to do with it.
如果这个计划看起来像是一个传销骗局,那就不要参与。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Their scam was selling fake Chinese medicine to old people.
他们的骗局是卖假中药给老人.

来自辞典例句

5. I know about Greg Meeker and his pathetic little scam.
我了解格雷格·米克和他的可怜的小骗局.

来自电影对白