• n. 反對票；反對論
• vt. 精讀；默記
• adv. 反面地
• adj. 欺詐的
• prep. 以…
• n. (Con)人名；(捷)措恩；(英)康 (教名Constance的昵稱)

來自短語confidence man的縮寫，反諷，被信任的人欺騙。

con (n.1)

"negation" (mainly in pro and con), 1570s, short for Latin contra "against" (see contra).

con (n.2)

"study," early 15c., from Old English cunnan "to know, know how" (see can (v.1)).

con (adj.)

"swindling," 1889, American English, from confidence man (1849), from the many scams in which the victim is induced to hand over money as a token of confidence. Confidence with a sense of "assurance based on insufficient grounds" dates from 1590s.

con (n.3)

a slang or colloquial shortening of various nouns beginning in con-, such as, from the 19th century, confidant, conundrum, conformist, convict, contract, and from the 20th century, conductor, conservative.

con (v.1)

"to guide ships," 1620s, from French conduire "to conduct, lead, guide" (10c.), from Latin conducere (see conduce). Related: Conned; conning.

con (v.2)

"to swindle," 1896, from con (adj.). Related: Conned; conning.

1. Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?

好吧，關于生產商就講這么多，那關于消費者呢？

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2. Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con.

有神奇減肥效果的瘦身點心是一個騙局。

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3. She travels con-stantly, moving among her several residences around the world.

她經常旅行，穿梭于她在世界各地的多處住所。

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4. He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.

有一會兒，他怔怔地注視著周圍的景物。

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5. The bus is a 45-seater with air-con and videos.

這輛大巴能坐45人，內有空調和影像設備。

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