con
英 [k?n]
美[kɑn]
- n. 反對票；反對論
- vt. 精讀；默記
- adv. 反面地
- adj. 欺詐的
- prep. 以…
- n. (Con)人名；(捷)措恩；(英)康 (教名Constance的昵稱)
TEM8中低頻詞核心詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?cons;第三人稱單數:?cons;過去式:?conned;過去分詞:?conned;現在分詞:?conning;
中文詞源
con 騙局
來自短語confidence man的縮寫，反諷，被信任的人欺騙。
英文詞源
- con (n.1)
- "negation" (mainly in pro and con), 1570s, short for Latin contra "against" (see contra).
- con (n.2)
- "study," early 15c., from Old English cunnan "to know, know how" (see can (v.1)).
- con (adj.)
- "swindling," 1889, American English, from confidence man (1849), from the many scams in which the victim is induced to hand over money as a token of confidence. Confidence with a sense of "assurance based on insufficient grounds" dates from 1590s.
- con (n.3)
- a slang or colloquial shortening of various nouns beginning in con-, such as, from the 19th century, confidant, conundrum, conformist, convict, contract, and from the 20th century, conductor, conservative.
- con (v.1)
- "to guide ships," 1620s, from French conduire "to conduct, lead, guide" (10c.), from Latin conducere (see conduce). Related: Conned; conning.
- con (v.2)
- "to swindle," 1896, from con (adj.). Related: Conned; conning.
雙語例句
- 1. Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?
- 好吧，關于生產商就講這么多，那關于消費者呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con.
- 有神奇減肥效果的瘦身點心是一個騙局。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She travels con-stantly, moving among her several residences around the world.
- 她經常旅行，穿梭于她在世界各地的多處住所。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.
- 有一會兒，他怔怔地注視著周圍的景物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The bus is a 45-seater with air-con and videos.
- 這輛大巴能坐45人，內有空調和影像設備。
來自柯林斯例句
