swindle
verb /ˈswɪndl/
/ˈswɪndl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they swindle | /ˈswɪndl/ /ˈswɪndl/ |
| he / she / it swindles | /ˈswɪndlz/ /ˈswɪndlz/ |
| past simple swindled | /ˈswɪndld/ /ˈswɪndld/ |
| past participle swindled | /ˈswɪndld/ /ˈswɪndld/ |
| -ing form swindling | /ˈswɪndlɪŋ/ /ˈswɪndlɪŋ/ |
- to cheat somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them
诈骗；骗取 - swindle somebody (out of something) They swindled him out of hundreds of dollars.
他们诈骗了他好几百美元。 - swindle something (out of somebody) They swindled hundreds of dollars out of him.
他们诈骗了他好几百美元。
词源late 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’. - swindle somebody (out of something) They swindled him out of hundreds of dollars.