con是什么意思

con

英 [kɒn] 美 [kɑn]

con 骗局

来自短语confidence man的缩写，反讽，被信任的人欺骗。

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.

1. Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?: 好吧，关于生产商就讲这么多，那关于消费者呢？

2. Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con.: 有神奇减肥效果的瘦身点心是一个骗局。

3. She travels con-stantly, moving among her several residences around the world.: 她经常旅行，穿梭于她在世界各地的多处住所。

4. He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.: 有一会儿，他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。