招摇撞骗 meaning in Chinese
try every trick to mislead the public; swagger and swindle; bluff and deceive; deceive and beguile; dupe the people and sell one's shoddy wares; excite [beguile] people; engage in demagogy; fool people; gull, hoax and bamboozle; impose upon people; try to bluff and deceive ...; swindle by false presence; swagger about to beguile people; swindle and bluff; swagger and deceive people; sail under false colours
Examples
- I hasten to add, to anticipate possible misconception, that he was not the least of a charlatan .
为了避免可能引起的误解,我得赶紧指出,他决不是一个惯于招摇撞骗的江湖郎中。 - Thus, a new york literary gathering lionizes a bluff sea captain under the mistaken impression that he is a famous british author .
纽约有个文艺集会误把一个招摇撞骗的船长捧作英国名作家了。 - He could bluff his way through any difficulty
他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。 - It ' s queer that he managed to bluff his way through all the difficulties
很奇怪他居然设法招摇撞骗闯过所有难关。 - Committing an act of cheating in the name of the company and causing serious damage to the company regulation
利用公司名义在外招摇撞骗,致使本公司信誉蒙受重大损失者。