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con job

骗人的工作,骗人的勾当,骗人的事,骗局

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : an act or instance of duping or swindling.
    • : an act or instance of lying or talking glibly to convince others or get one's way.

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Examples

  • Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.

  • That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.

  • Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

  • “I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

  • It has nothing to do with the regulatory job he is nominated for.

  • Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.

  • Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.

  • The majority pick up a job when they can, but are inevitably idle and suffering two-thirds of the time.

  • “Chaplet”—a wreath or garland signed for by him in his ambitious hopes—expresses his birth-date by Con.

  • I'm somewhat puzzled to know why they didn't stand pat and make a clean job of us both.