If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
例句
He has deceived and disillusioned us all...他欺騙了大家，讓我們失望至極。If you can make the last 10 seconds exciting, you can deceive your audience into thinking it's been like that all along.如果能讓最后 10 秒鐘緊張刺激，就可以給觀眾造成場面一直都是如此的假象。
VERB
欺騙，蒙騙(自己)
If you deceive yourself, you do not admit to yourself something that you know is true.
例句
Alcoholics are notorious for their ability to deceive themselves about the extent of their problem.酗酒者善于在自身問題的嚴重性上自欺欺人，這是人所共知的。
VERB
誤導;蒙蔽
If something deceives you, it gives you a wrong impression and makes you believe something that is not true.
例句
His gentle, kindly appearance did not deceive me...我沒有被他文雅和善的外表所蒙蔽。The boys, if my eyes did not deceive me, were praying.如果我沒有看錯的話，那些男孩子正在祈禱。