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hoax

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  • n.骗局；恶作剧
  • v.作弄；欺骗
  • Web戏弄；愚弄；恶作剧病毒
Plural Form：hoaxes  Present Participle：hoaxing  Past Tense：hoaxed  

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hoax
n.
1.
骗局；恶作剧an act intended to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant
a bomb hoax
炸弹骗局
hoax calls
恶作剧电话
v.
1.
~ sb
作弄；欺骗to trick sb by making them believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant

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1.
The fire brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax .
消防队接到报警电话后采取了行动，但是并没有火灾这完全是一场恶作剧。
xiāo fáng duì jiē dào bào jǐng diàn huà hòu cǎi qǔ le xíng dòng , dàn shì bìng méi yǒu huǒ zāi zhè wán quán shì yī chǎng è zuò jù 。
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2.
A little over five minutes later, we read a report that a similar text had gone out in the Philipines, and that it turned out to be a hoax.
就在5分钟后，我们看到来自菲律宾的一条类似的信息，后来证明是一场骗局。
jiù zài wǔ fēn zhōng hòu , wǒ men kàn dào lái zì fēi lǜ bīn de yī tiáo lèi sì de xìn xī , hòu lái zhèng míng shì yī chǎng piàn jú 。
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3.
We all left the building after a telephone caller said there was a bomb, but it was just a hoax.
有人打电话来说大楼里有炸弹，我们都离开了，但这只是一个恶作剧。
yǒu rén dǎ diàn huà lái shuō dà lóu lǐ yǒu zhà dàn , wǒ men dōu lí kāi le , dàn zhè zhǐ shì yī gè è zuò jù 。
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4.
The consensus seems to be that the paper itself is real rather than some sort of hoax, but the result may well turn out to be wrong.
论文本身是真实可信的而不是愚弄大众，但是，舆论认为，这一结论很可能被证明有错。
lùn wén běn shēn shì zhēn shí kě xìn de ér bú shì yú nòng dà zhòng , dàn shì , yú lùn rèn wéi , zhè yī jié lùn hěn kě néng bèi zhèng míng yǒu cuò 。
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5.
Many prominent British scientists deemed it a hoax when presented with a sketch and pelt, in 1798.
1798年，当草图和兽皮被公布的时候，许多著名的英国科学家都认为是恶作剧。
yī qī jiǔ bā nián , dāng cǎo tú hé shòu pí bèi gōng bù de shí hou , xǔ duō zhù míng de yīng guó kē xué jiā dōu rèn wéi shì è zuò jù 。
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6.
It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.
事后证明，庞茨事实上并未四处购买邮政息券，而这完全是一个巨大的骗局。
shì hòu zhèng míng , páng cí shì shí shàng bìng wèi sì chù gòu mǎi yóu zhèng xī quàn , ér zhè wán quán shì yī gè jù dà de piàn jú 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
There was not a bomb in the hotel at all--it was just a hoax.
饭店里根本没有炸弹，这不过是一场骗局。
fàn diàn lǐ gēn běn méi yǒu zhà dàn , zhè bú guò shì yī chǎng piàn jú 。
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8.
However, the last airline did not find any explosives and that the suspected hoax calls.
但航空公司最后并没有发现任何爆炸物，这个电话疑似恶作剧。
dàn háng kōng gōng sī zuì hòu bìng méi yǒu fā xiàn rèn hé bào zhà wù , zhè ge diàn huà yí sì è zuò jù 。
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9.
Per the Zetas, admitting that it was all a hoax, a part of the Planet X cover-up, would be just too humiliating.
根据齐塔人的说法，承认这一切都是骗局，是X星掩盖活动的一部分，实在是太令人丢脸了。
gēn jù qí tǎ rén de shuō fǎ , chéng rèn zhè yí qiè dōu shì piàn jú , shì X xīng yǎn gài huó dòng de yí bù fen , shí zài shì tài lìng rén diū liǎn le 。
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10.
Mr Cohen, 40, said: 'This could be an elaborate hoax, however the possibility that this might be a genuine alien should not be discounted.
40岁的科恩说：“这可能是一场精心编排的骗局，不过也不能排除这的确是一具外星人尸体的可能。”
sì shí suì de kē ēn shuō : " zhè kě néng shì yī chǎng jīng xīn biān pái de piàn jú , bú guò yě bù néng pái chú zhè dí què shì yī jù wài xīng rén shī tǐ de kě néng 。 "
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