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conned

/kon/US // kɒn //UK // (kɒn) informal //

被骗了,被骗,受骗了,受骗上当

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something: The pros of the library project are obvious, but we have to consider the cons as well.

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Examples

  • Her pros and cons list for Georgia Tech was pro-heavy, so the college counselor suggested Katie spend a day pretending to be a Georgia Tech student.

  • There have actually been quite a few studies investigating the pros and cons of pole use, and they’re summarized in a new review article by Ashley Hawke and Randall Jensen in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.

  • As in nearly everything, it is a matter of weighing pros and cons, and of course trying and experimenting.

  • Selling subscriptions through intermediaries has its pros and cons.

  • The researchers predicted that the way people choose to communicate—by speaking or typing—would have to do at least a little with how they see the pros and cons of each option.

  • Miles, it was agreed by nearly all, could not and would not be conned musically.

  • He had mob ties, and conned not only the companies that he helped make worthless, but also his own brokers.

  • He killed five men and married five women, conned Al Capone, and traded card tricks with Houdini.

  • The price of initiation at the Palm Beach Country Club, whose members Madoff conned?

  • Condi, as she is always known, had conned Linda into thinking the President needed to have his medical doctor close at hand.

  • I did not stir out of my house all day, but conned my musique, and at night after supper to bed.

  • I had now her image by rote, and as I conned the traits in memory it seemed as if I read her very heart.

  • All this Pierre conned slowly in his mind, until he was cold.

  • "Flattering, certainly," muttered Daly, as he conned over the lines to himself.

  • "They seem to belong to another scheme," Fabri said, as he turned back and conned the letter afresh.