喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/dɪsˈɑːnɪst/ · /dɪsˈɒnɪst/不誠實的；不老實的

    Not honest — telling lies, tricking people, or taking things that are not yours, so that other people are cheated. It can describe a person, a way of doing something, or one single act.

    示範例句 · Example

    It would be dishonest to say I did the project alone, because Leo helped me a lot.

    逐字說我獨自完成這個專題會是不誠實的，因為李歐幫了我很多。

    dishonest 就是 honest（誠實）前面加上 dis-（相反的意思），所以是「不誠實」——說謊、騙人，或用不正當的方法拿走別人的東西。它不只是「沒說實話」而已，還帶著「因此讓別人吃虧」的感覺，所以英文常拿它形容人（a dishonest seller）、形容做法（dishonest means 不正當的手段），也可以形容單獨一件事（It was dishonest of him to say that.）。可以想成：dishonest 就像「用假的東西換走別人真的東西」。

    常見搭配

    • a dishonest seller / trader / dealer

      會騙客人的賣家／商人

      someone who cheats the people who buy from them

      A dishonest trader sold Ren a phone case that broke the same day.

    • by dishonest means

      用不正當的手段

      using ways of getting something that involve lying or cheating

      The prize must be returned if it was won by dishonest means.

    • it is dishonest of somebody to do something

      某人做某件事很不老實

      used to say that one particular thing someone did was not honest

      It was dishonest of him to say he had finished when he had not started.

    • dishonest about something

      在某件事上不老實

      not telling the truth about a particular thing

      Sam was dishonest about how long the homework took him.

    • lazy or dishonest

      懶惰或不老實（常是被誤貼的標籤）

      two unfair labels that people sometimes wrongly put on a group

      People are often wrongly seen as lazy or dishonest just because they are poor.

core核心畫面

Think of someone who will not let you see the whole picture on purpose — they tell you a lie, hide the part that matters, or quietly take what is not theirs, and you end up worse off because you believed them. The word points at that gap between what they show you and what is true.

可以想成一個人刻意不讓你看到全貌：他說了假話、把關鍵的部分藏起來，或悄悄拿了不屬於自己的東西，而你因為相信了他而吃虧。dishonest 指的就是「他給你看的」跟「真實的情況」之間那道刻意留下的落差。這個詞可以形容一個人（a dishonest salesman）、一種做法（dishonest advertising），也可以只形容一次行為（it was dishonest of him to say that）。

同家族的字

比較級 more dishonest最高級 most dishonest

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dishonestadj/dɪˈsɒnɪst/

  • 1

    Not honest; shoddy.

    • “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.
  • 2

    Interfering with honesty.

  • 3

    obsoleteDishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

    • inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
    • speake dishonest word
  • 4

    obsoleteDishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

    • Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

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