scam
/skæm/ (bre, ipa) · /skæm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈskam/ (ame, mw)
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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.