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VERB
作弊;舞弊;弄虚作假
When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
例句
Students may be tempted to cheat in order to get into top schools.
为了能进入一流学校,学生们会忍不住想作弊。
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N-COUNT
作弊者;弄虚作假的人
Someone who is a cheat does not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying.
例句
Cheats will be disqualified.
弄虚作假者将被取消资格。
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VERB
骗取;骗得
If someone cheats you out of something, they get it from you by behaving dishonestly.
例句
The company engaged in a deliberate effort to cheat them out of their pensions...
公司涉嫌蓄意骗取他们的养老金。
Many brokers were charged with cheating customers in commodity trades.
许多经纪人被指控在商品交易中欺骗顾客。
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PHRASE
九死一生;幸免于难
If you say that someone cheats death, you mean they only just avoid being killed.
例句
He cheated death when he was rescued from the roof of his blazing cottage.
他被人从他那熊熊燃烧的棚屋顶上救了下来,捡了条命。
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PHRASE
感觉失望;觉得受委屈
If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
例句
The storyline is fatally compromised by an ending that leaves you feeling horribly cheated.
故事结尾让人很失望,这样的结尾严重削弱了故事情节。