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 deceptive [dɪ'sɛptɪv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 迷惑的, 虚伪的, 欺诈的

  1. Meaningless or deceptive language; humbug.
    废话，蠢话无意义或虚伪的话；胡说
  2. Deceptive advertising have damaged the company's image among the consumer.
    虚假广告已损坏了该公司在消费者中的形象。
  3. Deliberately misleading; deceptive.
    有意欺骗的；容易使人上当的


deceptive
[ adj ]
  1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

    2. <adj.all>
    deceptive calm
    a delusory pleasure
  2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

    3. <adj.all>
    the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
    deliberately deceptive packaging
    a misleading similarity
    statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
    shoddy business practices


Deceptive \De*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]ceptif. See {Deceive}.]
Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with
false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper
reality from our eyes. --Trench.

{Deceptive cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or
in some foreign key, postponing the final close.

  1. The Supreme Court refused Monday to help states ban deceptive advertising by airlines.
  2. Secretary of State George Shultz testified that the Reagan administration's arms sales to Iran provoked a "battle royal" that matched him against deceptive White House advisers and a president reluctant to see the policy as one of arms for hostages.
  3. "It's deceptive to imply this is some special offer when it goes on month after month."
  4. ITT Corp. agreed to a $2.9 million consent judgment stemming from charges that its consumer finance unit had engaged in deceptive lending practices.
  5. New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs charged that Tetra Pak and Combibloc, the nation's leading producers of drink boxes, made deceptive claims in ads about the boxes' ability to be recycled.
  6. But the lack of challenge to his vision so far may be deceptive, because his changes threaten so many of the country's entrenched vested interests.
  7. The annual awards are named for "the first advertising executive to employ deceptive advertising techniques on a national scale," according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
  8. The Luken-Whittaker bill also would allow smokers and their families to sue tobacco companies for damages on the ground that deceptive cigarette advertising resulted in serious injury or death.
  9. "It appears to me that (Audi's rebate) plan includes factors that could be found illegal under Wisconsin deceptive advertising and bait-and-switch laws," says Wisconsin Attorney General Don Hanaway.
  10. But Atkinson said the seemingly higher fatality rate _ 2.9 deaths per 1,000 measles cases so far in 1989, compared with 1.2 deaths per 1,000 cases in 1971 _may be deceptive.
  11. The court has ruled that there wasn't any specific conspiracy, but allegations of fraud, breach of confidence and deceptive trade practice are still pending.
  12. Galoob has sold more than 55 million Micro Machine vehicles and playsets in the three years since they hit the market, said Klein, adding that none of the toys had been returned because of consumer dissatisfaction due to deceptive advertising.
  13. Like Durenberger before him, a repentant Frank said he had reformed _ mostly as a result of his decision to go public about his sexuality. "Everything I did that was deceptive was done to conceal the fact that I was gay," he said.
  14. Does he worry that the ad may be deceptive? "I don't know what people think," Mr. Kleinman says.
  15. But a look at the big picture shows how deceptive the numbers can be, an analyst says.
  16. The suit seeks recovery of actual damages, which it estimates at $100 million, and asks that the damages be tripled because the Chase units' actions were "unfair and deceptive," Spencer said.
  17. Moreover, the quoted minimum wage for a state is often deceptive.
  18. On Jan. 10 this year, AT&T sued MCI and its telemarketing agent in Newark, N.J., federal court, alleging false and deceptive telemarketing practices.
  19. The network believes destructive cults meet four criteria: the use of deceptive recruiting; financial exploitation of recruits for the group or leader's benefit; use of mind control or brainwashing techniques, and a feeling by members of being trapped.
  20. MCI said it filed suit against American Telephone & Telegraph for allegedly using false and deceptive advertising.
  21. The alcohol bureau is considering declaring the bottling and labeling of Cisco deceptive.
  22. This appearance may be deceptive.
  23. The BBB said Friday that the ad is deceptive and should be discontinued.
  24. It also seeks penalties of more than $50 million and an injunction to stop Arthur Young from engaging in alleged deceptive audits of thrifts.
  25. The back-end contracts lost more ground, with the December 1995 contract losing 20 basis points. Traders stressed, however, that these movements in the longer contracts were deceptive as most of the trade was amongst locals.
  26. Watson & Hughey faced as many as 22 suits and claims alleging deceptive and fraudulent solicitation practices, including one from the United Postal Service, which it settled in 1989, said Errol Copilevitz, an attorney for the firm.
  27. In its suit, the consumer agency seeks fines of $1,000 per violation of the city's Consumer Protection Law, costs of investigation, and an injunction to prevent Newmark & Lewis from continuing its allegedly deceptive advertising.
  28. Tucker also said he recruited individuals with little or no securities experience to be salespeople and condoned the use of deceptive and misleading telephone sales techniques, Chertoff said.
  29. Prodigy agreed to settle because charges filed under the state's deceptive trade practices act would have been too expensive to defend against, the spokesman said. Prodigy expects to refund only a few thousand dollars to users.
  30. The legislators argued that since those funds can be spent for nothing else, it is deceptive to use them to reduce the government's red ink.
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