hoax
美 [hoʊks] 
英 [həʊks]
- n.骗局；恶作剧
- v.作弄；欺骗
- 网络戏弄；愚弄；恶作剧病毒
词形变化
复数：hoaxes 现在分词：hoaxing 过去式：hoaxed 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 骗局；恶作剧an act intended to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant |
1. | ~ sb 作弄；欺骗to trick sb by making them believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
The fire brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax .
消防队接到报警电话后采取了行动，但是并没有火灾这完全是一场恶作剧。
A little over five minutes later, we read a report that a similar text had gone out in the Philipines, and that it turned out to be a hoax.
就在5分钟后，我们看到来自菲律宾的一条类似的信息，后来证明是一场骗局。
We all left the building after a telephone caller said there was a bomb, but it was just a hoax.
有人打电话来说大楼里有炸弹，我们都离开了，但这只是一个恶作剧。
The consensus seems to be that the paper itself is real rather than some sort of hoax, but the result may well turn out to be wrong.
论文本身是真实可信的而不是愚弄大众，但是，舆论认为，这一结论很可能被证明有错。
"As it turns out, it was a hoax, " admitted the author in a statement posted on the website of his magazine, La Regle du Jeu.
莱维在他的杂志「游戏规则」网站发表声明，坦言「如同众人所见，这是个骗局」。
Many prominent British scientists deemed it a hoax when presented with a sketch and pelt, in 1798.
1798年，当草图和兽皮被公布的时候，许多著名的英国科学家都认为是恶作剧。
It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.
事后证明，庞茨事实上并未四处购买邮政息券，而这完全是一个巨大的骗局。
There was not a bomb in the hotel at all--it was just a hoax.
饭店里根本没有炸弹，这不过是一场骗局。
However, the last airline did not find any explosives and that the suspected hoax calls.
但航空公司最后并没有发现任何爆炸物，这个电话疑似恶作剧。
Per the Zetas, admitting that it was all a hoax, a part of the Planet X cover-up, would be just too humiliating.
根据齐塔人的说法，承认这一切都是骗局，是X星掩盖活动的一部分，实在是太令人丢脸了。
Mr Cohen, 40, said: 'This could be an elaborate hoax, however the possibility that this might be a genuine alien should not be discounted.
40岁的科恩说：“这可能是一场精心编排的骗局，不过也不能排除这的确是一具外星人尸体的可能。”
After seeing this extraordinary show, Mr Melikian wrote an inflammatory review, insinuating that the discovery could have been a hoax.
看了这场非同寻常的展览后，MELIKIAN先生写了一篇火药味十足的评论，暗示这项发现可能是一场骗局。
"A jolly good hoax, Lu, " he said as he came out again; "you have really taken us in, I must admit. We half believed you. "
“你真会说谎啊，璐。”他一边走出来，一边说，“我得承认，我们真的被你骗了，我们几乎听信你说的话。”
The family, which had repeatedly denied that the incident was a hoax, declined to answer questions Sunday morning.
希内一家此前多次否认这一事件是骗局，他们周日上午拒绝回答问题。
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
等到人们意识到那个故事是个骗局时，等到人们意识到那个故事是个骗局时全国的意大利面条已经销售一空。已经销售一空。
The ombudsman's office said the authorities at first thought they were dealing with a hoax.
申诉专员办公室表示，一开始当局认为这可能是一个恶作剧。
Though the book has been completely discredited as a hoax and forgery, it is still in print and remains widely circulated around the world.
尽管这本书像恶作剧与伪造品那样完全不可信，但它迄今为止仍在出版并在世界广泛流传。
He made a hoax call pretending to be the boss.
他打了一通恶作剧的电话，假装是上司。
Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才恍然大悟，原来他们都有成了一场骗局的受害者。
If it is a hoax, then it would be the best of all hoaxes.
假如它是一个恶作剧，它将是所有恶作剧中最好的一个。我相信这是真的…
They think the hole was dug by a shovel, and the whole thing was just a hoax.
他们认为这个深坑是由铁铲挖出来的，而整个事情只是一场骗局。
The latest UFO claim to come out of Siberia comes months after the apparent discovery of an alien's body was revealed as a hoax.
在那一场发现外星人身体的闹剧被识破后数月，最新一起UFO出现在西伯利亚。
The information the police received had then on a merry-go-round until they realized they were victims of a hoax.
警方意识到自己上当受骗后，他们所得到的情报虽花了很大的力气但却毫无价值。
Newspapers in Shanghai and Taiwan ran a nude photo purportedly of Palin that turned out to be a hoax.
上海和台湾几家报纸登出一张据称是佩林的裸照，这最终证明是一场骗局。
The parents have also been barred from making money off the hoax for at least four years.
这对父母通过哄骗赚钱长达四年。
But many wondered why Beijing, with its Great Firewall, didn't take the sites down and slap the wrists of the authors of the hoax.
但许多人想不通，北京有长城防火墙，为什么没有关闭那些网站并将发布虚假消息的人抓起来。
That girl has not been found and authorities are investigating whether the call was a hoax.
而这个女孩儿还没有找到，有关人员正在调查这个电话是不是恶作剧。
However, it would appear that it may have been accidental disinformation rather than a hoax per se.
不过，从它本身看这可能是偶然事件，而不是一个有意的恶作剧。
Was it a hoax, a guess or an unauthorized leak?
这是骗局、猜测、还是一次未经授权的泄密？
'It was a malicious hoax, ' he said.
他说，这是一种不怀好意的欺骗。
Caroline Elam, a leading scholar on the Renaissance, suggested that the work was "a very skilled, elaborate and expert hoax. "
卡罗琳·伊拉姆，研究文艺复兴的著名学者，认为这幅画是“一个很有技术含量，精心制作的专家级骗局。”
April fool's day crept up on us once again, and the media was full of made-up stories. Which of the following was a hoax?
随著愚人节又即将到来，媒体上又再度充斥捏造的新闻。下列新闻哪一则是假的？
I hear the news of his arrival, but it turn out to is a mere hoax.
我得知他将到来的消息，却只变成一个玩笑。
What an insult to them to say that it was all a hoax.
要说大屠杀是谣言，对他们来说，无疑是莫大的侮辱。
That the promises of freedom and unity were "empty promises" and the ideal of the American Dream was a complete hoax.
他认为所承诺的自由和联合都是些“空头支票”，美国梦的理想也不过是个彻底的骗局。
Too bad it's absolutely not affiliated with Engadget or its parent companies (if it is, in fact, real, and not a photoshop or hoax).
很可惜那个店子里面的东西没有一样和Engadget或者其母公司有关（如果这张照片是真的，不是出自photoshop或者恶作剧）。
Other than the hoaxer's stated reason, to test gullibility, what was the reason for the hoax?
除了该恶作剧者表述的理由是为了测试人们的易受欺骗性之外，搞该恶作剧还有什么理由？
The Half-Human Hybrid hoax is only the latest in a long series of supposedly mysterious photos.
人们喜欢奥秘，特别是附有奇怪图片的奥秘。这半人半动物杂交闹剧只是一大系列假定为神秘的照片之中最新的一张。
Honey, come here to play the game, I do not want you to continue to play longer. Because, from the very beginning, I knew it was a hoax.
亲爱的，游戏玩到这里，我不想和你继续玩下去了。因为，从一开始我就知道这是一个骗局。
Due to the lack of evidence, existence of Solution B is still questionable and even considered a hoax.
由于缺乏证据，存在的解决方案B仍然是值得怀疑的，甚至认为是一场恶作剧。
