"gip" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 騙局 (舊式)
• 欺詐 (舊式)

Definition

用來指騙局、欺詐的舊式俚語，多見於歷史文獻中。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

極為過時，只在舊式英語或歷史文獻中出現。現代英語幾乎不用，常見現代詞為“scam”或“fraud”。

Examples

He lost all his money in a gip.

他在一次**騙局**中把錢都輸光了。

The card game turned out to be a gip.

那場紙牌遊戲其實是個**騙局**。

They called the fake auction a gip.

他們稱那個假拍賣為**騙局**。

Don't fall for that old gip again!

別再上那種老**騙局**的當了！

It was such a gip, but nobody saw it coming.

那真是個**騙局**，可是沒有人意料到。

Back in those days, a clever gip could cost you everything.

在那個年代，一個聰明的**騙局**可能會讓你失去一切。