something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Verb:
subject to a playful hoax or joke
双语例句
1. They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。
来自辞典例句
3. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
学生们擅长于一种特殊形式的恶作剧 -- 设置骗局.
来自辞典例句
4. They hoax him out of his money.
他们骗去他的钱.
来自辞典例句
5. The fire - brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax.
消防队接到报警电话后采取了行动,但是并没有火灾--这完全是一场恶作剧.
来自辞典例句
用作动词 (v.)
All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters. 所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。
Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats. 一些中文的贴子和博客提出，周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。
Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax. 主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。
Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet. 官方称这是明显的愚弄行为，应该遭受斥责，但是仍然还有五只断脚。
用作名词 (n.)
They considered the phone call a hoax. 他们认为那个电话是恶作剧。
I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title. 我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾，你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。
