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beguiler

/bih-gahyl/US // bɪˈgaɪl //UK // (bɪˈɡaɪl) //

乞丐,乞讨者,恳求者,乞丐者

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    be·guiled, be·guil·ing.

    • : to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
    • : to take away from by cheating or deceiving: to be beguiled of money.
    • : to charm or divert: a multitude of attractions to beguile the tourist.
    • : to pass pleasantly: beguiling the long afternoon with a good book.

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Examples

  • They make him alternately the creature and beguiler of the King.

  • The story of Cleopatra, the beguiler of Mark Antony, is too well known to need repeating here.

  • And he called Herodotus a thief and a beguiler, and “the same with intent to deceive,” as one of their own poets writes.