flimflam
flimflam
(informal)(非正式)
noun
flimflammer
noun
flimflammery
noun
语源
(informal)(非正式)
noun
- [mass noun]nonsensical or insincere talk
胡言乱语，胡扯，废话
I suppose that you suspect me of pseudo-intellectual flimflam.
我想你怀疑我是在冒充有知识胡说瞎扯。
■[count noun]a confidence trick
骗局，欺诈行为
flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials.
我们选出的官员对我们耍弄的骗局。
- [with obj.]swindle (someone) with a confidence trick
欺骗，欺诈（某人）
the tribe was flimflammed out of its land.
该部落被骗离属地。
flimflammer
noun
flimflammery
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent.: symbolic reduplication
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