说闻解词丨名校丑闻背后，关于“欺骗”的11种写法

说闻解词 第03期

▌美国高校招生丑闻

3月中旬，美国爆出史上最大规模高校招生丑闻。为了让自己的孩子进入有竞争力的美国名校，一些财力雄厚的家长不惜通过行贿“购买”耶鲁、斯坦福以及其他名校新生入学资格。该事件于2019年3月12日由美国联邦检察官披露，至少有50人参与其中。

高校招生舞弊丑闻 College Admissions Bribery Scandal

▌650万美元“买”进斯坦福

近日，刷新行贿金额最高纪录的家庭被曝出，步长制药董事长赵涛被指豪掷650万美金（约4400万人民币）将女儿“买”进斯坦福。当事人母亲回应，自己受到误导，650万美金系捐款。

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“骗局”怎么说？

cheat /tʃiːt/ v. 舞弊；作弊

When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.

• She cheated in the exam. 她考试作弊了。

scheme /skiːm/ n. 阴谋，诡计

a clever plan, especially to do something that is bad or illegal – used in order to show disapproval

• admissions scheme 招生密谋

scam /skæm/ n. 骗局，诡计，欺诈

a clever but dishonest way to get money

• He got involved in a credit card scam. 他卷入了一桩信用卡诈骗事件。

fraud /frɔːd/ n. 欺诈，诈骗

the crime of deceiving people in order to gain something such as money or goods

• She was found guilty of fraud. 她被判犯有诈骗罪。

• tax/insurance/college entry fraud

racketeering /,ræki'tiəriŋ/ n. 诈骗；敲诈勒索 

Racketeering is making money from illegal activities such as threatening people or selling worthless, immoral, or illegal goods or services.

• He has been arrested on smuggling and racketeering charges. 他因被控参与走私和诈骗而遭逮捕。

racket /'rækɪt/ n. 敲诈，勒索；非法勾当

a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goods

• drugs/gambling racket

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“幕后推手”怎么说？

mastermind /'mɑːstəmaɪnd/ n. 出谋划策者，主谋

someone who plans and organizes a complicated operation, especially a criminal operation

• a criminal mastermind 犯罪主谋

fixer /ˈfɪksə(r)/ n. 代人安排者，代人疏通者

a person who arranges things for other people, sometimes dishonestly

• a great political fixer 一位杰出的政治调停人物

manipulate /mə'nɪpjəleɪt/ v. 操纵，控制

to make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving or influencing them

• He tries to manipulate the public into supporting him. 他试图左右公众，让公众支持他。

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“欺骗”相关？

trick /trɪk/ v. 欺骗，诱骗，哄骗

to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something

• She was tricked out of $20 million. 她被骗走2,000万美元。

dupe /djuːp/ v. 欺骗

If a person dupes you, they trick you into doing something or into believing something which is not true. 

• They duped stamp collectors into buying fake rarities. 他们欺骗集邮爱好者购买假冒珍品。

mislead /‚mɪs'liːd/ v. 将…引入歧途，误导

to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them information that is false or not complete

• Politicians must not mislead the publi. 政客们不应该误导民众。

▌语境串讲

骗局 cheating scheme scam fraud racketeering

幕后推手 mastermind fixer

被骗 trick dupe mislead  manipulate 

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