shell game

shell game

美 　英

• n.果壳猜测游戏（移动三个杯子，参加者须猜测哪个杯子扣着小物体）
• 网络骗局；骗局游戏；欺骗把戏

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 一种骗人的打赌游戏 2. 欺骗

英英解释

n.	1. a form of the game thimblerig in which spectators bet on the final location of an object hidden under one of three walnut shells or cups that have been shuffled 2. a scheme for defrauding or deceiving people

例句

This division of labour is likely to be perceived as another Wall Street shell game.

这种分工可能将被视为华尔街的又一个骗局。

Losses may be concealed or shuffled around like a shell game. . .

损失可以隐藏起来或来回调整，就像是一场骗局。

The accepted wisdom is that Enron was a shell game - an unprofitable company masquerading as a profitable one.

人们的共识是，安然其实是个骗局：一家不赚钱的公司却被包装成盈利企业。

gullible tourists taken in by the shell game.

被这个骗局欺骗的轻信的旅行者。

Click on the start button shell game.

点击贝壳按钮开始游戏。

The budget shell game

预算骗局