confidence game

英 [ˈkɒnfɪdəns ɡeɪm]

美 [ˈkɑːnfɪdəns ɡeɪm]

n.  同 confidence trick; (常指骗钱的)骗局

法律

柯林斯词典

• 同 confidence trick
  Aconfidence gameis the same as aconfidence trick.

英英释义

noun

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  Synonym:buncobunco gamebunkobunko gameconconfidence trickcon gamegyphustlestingflimflam

双语例句

• A swindle in which an unsuspecting person is cheated; a confidence game.
  骗局欺骗未起疑心者的骗局；骗局。
• Sir Alex gave me confidence by picking me for the pre-season game against Marseille in August.
  爵爷让我在季前赛参加对马赛的比赛让我感觉很有自信。
• Work and repetition can change your confidence game, literally. It starts not with a belief that you are naturally good or bad at something, but rather a belief that you can learn.
  努力以及反复努力能够真正改变你树立信心的过程。它并不从树立一种你天生就善于或不善于做某件事情的信念开始，而是要你相信自己拥有学习的潜能。
• I have big confidence in Rio. I'm sure he will get better with every game.
  我相信费迪南德，我相信他每场比赛都会打得更好。
• Friends say that he lost confidence, as can happen quickly to a man caught up in a confidence game.
  朋友们说，他很快就失去了信心，而在一个靠信心和信任支撑的环境中这是常见的。
• The truism that banking is a confidence game barely needs repeating.
  银行业是一场信心博弈已是老生常谈。
• It's a good opportunity for guys to get more playing time, to get more confidence in their game.
  这给他们带来了更多上场时间，使之更有自信。
• It has given us all a big boost and gives us good confidence to go into that big game at Chelsea on Sunday.
  这对我们将是巨大的提升，给我们信心去赢下切尔西。
• But in the broker-dealer world, confidence and perception are critical, and if enough people believe you're going under, rightly or wrongly, the game is over – fast.
  但在经纪交易商的世界中，信心和认知是至关重要的。如果有足够多的人认为你即将倒下无论这种看法是对还是错这场游戏就会飞速终结。
• One who acts as a decoy, as in a confidence game. Before you drop the ball into the spinning wheel, you bet a number on the electronic layout.
  诱骗者，赌棍同伙充当眼线的人，如在一场骗局中在你把小球投入转盘之前，先在布局上赌个号码。