English Dictionary

deceit

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈsiːt/

名詞

不可算名詞

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. / An act of deceiving someone. / (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

日本語の意味

欺瞞 (人を騙す行為、策略) / 詐欺 (だまし行為、だますための詐作) / ごまかし (正直でない行為、実際の真実を歪める行為)

Her smile hid a cold deceit that ultimately ruined the partnership.

彼女の微笑みは冷たい欺瞞を隠しており、結局その提携を台無しにした。

意味（1）

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

The whole conversation was merely a deceit.

意味（2）

An act of deceiving someone.

Upon his return he killed Eriphyle for her vanity and deceit of him and his father.

意味（3）

(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

[T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve.

意味（4）

(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

deceits （ plural ）