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VERB
作弊;舞弊;弄虛作假
When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
例句
Students may be tempted to cheat in order to get into top schools.
為了能進入一流學校，學生們會忍不住想作弊。
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N-COUNT
作弊者;弄虛作假的人
Someone who is a cheat does not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying.
例句
Cheats will be disqualified.
弄虛作假者將被取消資格。
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VERB
騙取；騙得
If someone cheats you out of something, they get it from you by behaving dishonestly.
例句
The company engaged in a deliberate effort to cheat them out of their pensions...
公司涉嫌蓄意騙取他們的養老金。
Many brokers were charged with cheating customers in commodity trades.
許多經紀人被指控在商品交易中欺騙顧客。
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PHRASE
九死一生;幸免于難
If you say that someone cheats death, you mean they only just avoid being killed.
例句
He cheated death when he was rescued from the roof of his blazing cottage.
他被人從他那熊熊燃燒的棚屋頂上救了下來，撿了條命。
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PHRASE
感覺失望;覺得受委屈
If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
例句
The storyline is fatally compromised by an ending that leaves you feeling horribly cheated.
故事結尾讓人很失望，這樣的結尾嚴重削弱了故事情節。