They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们成了一大骗局的上当受骗者。
He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过谎报电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯之后他被判有罪。
snopes调查结果：完全是个骗局。
think it’s a hoax, ” she told me.
“我觉得这是个恶作剧，”她对我说。
这明显是一个骗局。
Swiss spaghetti harvest tops the hoax list.
第一大恶作剧是1957年愚人节的瑞士意大利面大丰收。
However the photo was proven to be a hoax.
然而，这张照片后来被证实是一场骗局。
Was it a hoax, a guess or an unauthorized leak?
这是骗局、猜测、还是一次未经授权的泄密？
Authorities: 'Balloon boy' incident was a hoax.
官方：“气球男孩”事件是一场骗局。
It turned out to be a hoax; the eyewitness was wrong (or he lied).
最后证明这件事是个恶作剧；目击证人的证词是错误的(或者他在说谎)。
He also said this was not a hoax, and that the plane "was going down."
他还说这不是开玩笑，飞机“正在下坠”。
The hoax was uncovered last week by the Federal Security Service (FSB).
这场闹剧是于上周被俄罗斯联邦安全部门(FSB)识破的。
They think the hole was dug by a shovel, and the whole thing was just a hoax.
他们认为这个深坑是由铁铲挖出来的，而整个事情只是一场骗局。
The colleagues who perpetrated the hoax lost their jobs and reputations over the scandal.
那些设计骗局的同事则既丢了工作又因丑闻毁了名声。
Is the Voynich Manuscript evidence of a forgotten civilization, or merely an elaborate hoax?
到底沃伊尼克手稿是遗落文明的证据还是精心编制的骗局？
In fact, the first scientists to examine a specimen believed they were the victims of a hoax.
事实上，研究了样本的首批科学家认为，它们是恶作剧的牺牲品。
Am I forwarding something about a virus or worldwide charity effort or other potential hoax?
你是不是在转发关于病毒或者世界性慈善行动或者其他很有可能是谣言的消息？
On the day of publication, Sokal announced (in a different paper,) that the article was a hoax.
文章发表当天，索卡在另一篇论文里宣布，这篇文章是个骗局。
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。
Now that we're on Internet time, a hoax can travel around the world before the truth has got its boots on.
现在我们处于网络时代，在真相公开前，骗局已经传播到了世界各地。
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。
Though the book has been completely discredited as a hoax and forgery, it is still in print and remains widely circulated around the world.
尽管这本书像恶作剧与伪造品那样完全不可信，但它迄今为止仍在出版并在世界广泛流传。
He then let reporters make their own calls to verify that the invention actually worked and that they weren't the victims of an elaborate hoax.
之后，他还让前来采访的媒体记者自己拨通了电话，以此证明这项新奇的发明的确有效，而并非是一个精心设下的唬人的骗局。
Several experts also proposed that it was a deliberate hoax, possibly forged by John Dee, an English mathematician and astrologer at Rudolph's court.
也有科学家认为猜测这是刻意的骗局，有可能是鲁道夫宫廷里的英国数学家、占星术士约翰迪编造的。
The container manager said that when his team came and told him what had happened, he was looking around for cameras to see if it was a 'gotcha' hoax.
那公司的集装箱经理说当他的团队告诉他发生了什么事情之后，他环顾四周看看哪里有相机，以为这是个恶作剧。
This claim made its way to a financial blog and circulated quickly. Apple’s shares tumbled briefly, recovering when it became clear that the posting was a hoax.
这个说法被放到一个金融博客上，然后迅速传播，苹果的股价短暂的下降，当大家都清楚这是一个恶作剧的时候，股价才开始恢复。
This claim made its way to a financial blog and circulated quickly. Apple’s shares tumbled briefly, recovering when it became clear that the posting was a hoax.
这个说法被放到一个金融博客上，然后迅速传播，苹果的股价短暂的下降，当大家都清楚这是一个恶作剧的时候，股价才开始恢复。
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