scam
scam — 名詞
- scamsingular
- scamsplural
1. a false plan or set of actions that is designed to cheat people, usually to take
騙局；詐騙
用不實手段騙取錢財的計劃
a false plan or set of actions that is designed to cheat people, usually to take their money or steal their personal information
A free trip offer turned out to be a scam, so Jenna deleted the email.
一則免費旅程的廣告原來是騙局，Jenna 於是刪除了那封電子郵件。
Police shut down a fake investment scam that took money from over a hundred people.
警方破獲了一個假投資騙局，該騙局從上百人手中騙走了錢。
collocation: investment scam / online scam
Rania's grandmother nearly fell for a phone scam — a caller said she owed taxes.
Rania 的祖母差點上當，接到一通電話詐騙，對方說她欠了稅金。
collocation: fall for a scam / phone scam
The job offer was actually a clever scam designed to steal applicants' bank details.
那份工作機會其實是一場精心設計的騙局，目的是竊取求職者的銀行資料。
Anjali warned her neighbours about a door-to-door charity scam in the area.
Anjali 提醒鄰居留意附近一個挨家挨戶的慈善詐騙。
collocation: charity scam / door-to-door scam
- online scam
- investment scam
- phone scam
- email scam
- scam artist
- scam call
- scam alert
文法句型
be a scam
run a scam
fall for a scam
用法筆記
The noun scam refers to the dishonest plan itself, while the verb scam describes what the person running the plan does to the victim.
常見錯誤
scam — 動詞
- scampresent simple I / you / we / they
- scams3rd person singular
- scamming-ing form
- scammedpast simple
1. to cheat a person by telling them lies or giving them false information, so that
欺騙；詐騙
用謊言騙取對方的錢或行動
to cheat a person by telling them lies or giving them false information, so that they give you money or do what you want them to do
A stranger scammed Otis by pretending to be a charity worker collecting donations.
一名陌生人假扮成慈善機構的工作人員募捐，Otis 因此被騙了。
scam + direct object (person)
Sofie was scammed out of her rent money by someone offering a flat that did not exist.
Sofie 被人用一間根本不存在的公寓騙走了房租。
passive: be scammed out of [something]
The fake website scammed hundreds of shoppers into entering their credit card numbers.
那個假網站誘騙了數百名購物者輸入他們的信用卡號碼。
pattern: scam [someone] into [doing something]
Sari almost got scammed by a market seller who sold her a fake designer watch.
Sari 差點被一名市場攤販騙了，那人賣給她一只假名牌手錶。
- scam someone out of something
- scam someone into doing something
- get scammed
文法句型
scam [someone]
scam [someone] out of [something]
scam [someone] into [doing something]
用法筆記
The direct object of this sense is always a person or group of people. To say what was taken, use the pattern scam [someone] out of [something].
常見錯誤
2. to get money, goods, or services from someone by running a dishonest scheme agai
騙取；詐取
以詐騙手段得到金錢或物品
to get money, goods, or services from someone by running a dishonest scheme against them — for example, scamming money from an elderly relative, or scamming free tickets from a company
The con artist scammed nearly ten thousand dollars from a retired couple.
那名騙子從一對退休夫婦手中騙取了將近一萬美元。
pattern: scam [money] from [someone]
Jabari discovered that someone had scammed free access to his streaming service.
Jabari 發現有人騙取了他串流服務的免費使用權。
The worker was fired after he scammed extra overtime pay from the company.
那名員工從公司騙取了額外的加班費，隨後被開除了。
pattern: scam [something] from [someone/something]
Isabela scammed a free meal from the cafe by saying her order was wrong.
Isabela 謊稱餐點有問題，從咖啡廳騙取了一頓免費餐。
The hacker scammed personal data from thousands of users through fake login screens.
那名駭客透過假登入畫面，從數千名用戶手中騙取了個人資料。
direct object is information, not money
- scam something from someone
- scam money
- scam data
文法句型
scam [something] from [someone]
scam [something]
用法筆記
The direct object here is the thing obtained (money, goods, access, information), unlike sense 1 where the object is the person. Distinguish from sense 1 by checking who or what comes right after the verb.
常見錯誤
同根字
- scammer名詞B2
- scamming名詞B2
常見搭配
常用片語
- fall for a scam
- run a scam
- be a scam
- target of a scam
- victim of a scam
介系詞搭配
- out of