"The treatment should last four months, but my father started to think it was all a con," he said. "he realised that in the classes no one could express opinions contrary to what they were told."
“治疗应该是四个月的,但是我爸开始意识到这完全是骗局,”他说,“他意识到班上没人可以表达与治疗灌输的思想相左的想法。”
The Fed is a racket at heart, a con game writ large — what else can you call an organization with the exclusive privilege of printing money in the trillions and handing it over to friends?
美联储从本质上说就是一个骗局,一个显而易见的欺诈——对一个拥有肆意印钱达到万亿水平特权的、并把钱交给其狐朋狗友的独一无二机构,你还能称它什么?
This is the kind of conspiracy the deniers need to reveal to show that man-made climate change is a con.
这就是反对者为了证明气候变化是一个骗局而必须揭示的阴谋。
If a con snitches, he "isn't long for this world."
如果一个囚犯告密,他就“命不久矣”。
Alternatively, and more elegantly, I could hand over bread only to those people who give me a signal that a well-fed con man would not be willing to give.
换种做法(这种做法也更绅士一些),如果有人会向我发出衣食无忧的骗子不愿发出的信号,我可以把面包只交给这些人。
He can see the beauty that exists in a perfectly executed con and has studied the art of the great con-men.
他能够看到完美诈骗中存在的魅力,并且向欺诈高手们学习了此中艺术。
Get the hell out of foreign entanglements, bring the troops home, tell Israel and the neo-con press to go to hell, and think of what the country can do for its own people for a change.
赶快从国外的泥潭中脱身,撤军回家,告诉以色列和新保守派的报章叫他们见鬼去吧,然后好好想想这个国家还能为它自己的国民改变点什么。
It's very hard, she says, to suffer as the one honest person in a town of successful con artists.
她说人们很难感受到一个诚实的人在一群成功的骗子中的感觉。
As a loyal Ben Goldacre reader I was dubious: surely the nutritional supplement industry is all a con?
作为本格尔达的忠实读者,我对此半信半疑:营养品行业真的是欺诈行业吗?
Disregard this "con" if: you already have experience and want to refine your skills with a formal business education before starting your own venture.
拍砖:如果某人已经具有实践经验,只是想在建立自己的事业前接受一些正规的商业教育来完善自己的技能呢?
And many of the complaints have been aired at Comic-Con, an annual geeks’ convention in San Diego that has become increasingly important as a marketing convention for Hollywood.
其中的许多指责直指动漫节,一年一度在圣地亚哥举行的电脑高手的大会对好莱坞来说已经成为很重要的市场营销大会。
While that might have seemed like the pro I just referred to, it doubles as a potential con.
这看上去似乎是我刚刚提到的优点,但是它同时也潜藏着缺点。
On another occasion, Kaplan suggested from the bench that the suit against Chevron was nothing more than a cynical con.
在另一个场合,卡普兰表示,对雪佛龙的起诉无非是个犬儒主义的诡计。
If you look beyond the computers that lie between a spammer and his mark, you can see all the classic techniques of a con-man: buy this stock, before everyone else does.
如果你能透过电脑看到发送者和他的目的,你就会发现骗子们的典型骗局:买这支股票,在所有人之前;
Simply accusing the financial services industry of pulling a con job is not enough.
简单地谴责金融产业从事邪恶的工作是不够的。
It is important to know that studies constantly show that, in business, a woman with a deeper voice is con - sidered more intelligent, authoritative and credible.
必须知道的一点是,研究显示在职场上嗓音相对低沉的女性被认为更有智慧、更权威和更值得信任。
When a woman talks about her problems, a man con- tinually interrupts her and offers solutions.
当女人谈及自己的问题时,男人会不停地插话,提供解决办法。
If you combine “con” and “insult”, you get consult,” observes Dogbert, a comic-strip character.
如果你把“骗”和“侮辱”两个词结合,就得到了“咨询”。” 漫画人物狗伯特如此调侃道。
Turn off air con: a car engine generates enough pollution without having to power an onboard air conditioning unit.
关上空调:一辆车就算不开随车空调,也已经产生足够的污染了。
He hints that he knows about a con who has a cell phone.
他暗示他知道一个犯人在牢里拥有手机。
It has nothing to do with the supply and demand for gold in the jewelry trade, or whatever - it's going to be a result of there being no viable alternatives when the paper-money con game is over.
它与珠宝行业及任何其他市场的供求情况毫无无关——这将是当纸币骗局结束时没有任何切实可行的替代选择的结果。
It's not a scientific survey, since those polled are a self-selected sampling and tend to feel strongly about certain sites, both pro and con.
这并不是一个科学调查,而是基于自由选择投票并且考虑到所选网站的优缺点产生的。
Danny used to be a short - con artist who excelled at card tricks and pick-pocketing.
丹尼曾是小拐小骗方面的艺术家,精于牌戏和摸包。
With Mickey heading to Australia to help pull off a major con, Danny feels it's time for him to take the lead.
米奇去了澳大利亚做一个大案子,丹尼觉得是时候自己来带头了。
By nature, a man is suspicious, competitive, con - trolled, defensive and a loner who hides his emotional state to stay in control.
从本质上说,男人天性多疑、乐于竞争、有自控和自我保护意识,而且是一种喜欢孤独的动物,他努力克制自己,隐藏情感。
Disregard this "con" if: money isn't an issue, or you don't mind waiting a few years post-MBA to start your own company.
拍砖:如果钱不是问题,而且某人也并不介意拿到MBA几年后再建立公司呢?
Ryan and Tatum o 'neal play Moses and Addie, a con team who travel around the us during the Great Depression preying on the vulnerable and credulous.
瑞安和塔图姆·奥尼尔分别扮演莫塞斯和埃迪,他们是一对在大萧条时候流窜在美国各处的诈骗犯,对各种毫无抵抗能力和容易上当受骗的人下手。
The com- in comfortable was once a con —but that didn’t mean “not” as in pros and cons, it is a prefix that intensifies the main meaning of the word.
而com的部分曾经写作con,不过并不是prosand cons(利弊,正反)词组中con所代表的“否定”的意思,这个前缀实际上加强了单词的语气。
The com- in comfortable was once a con —but that didn’t mean “not” as in pros and cons, it is a prefix that intensifies the main meaning of the word.
而com的部分曾经写作con,不过并不是prosand cons(利弊,正反)词组中con所代表的“否定”的意思,这个前缀实际上加强了单词的语气。
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