hoax

v.

欺骗；戏弄；

n.

骗局；戏弄；恶作剧；

复数：hoaxes过去式：hoaxed过去分词：hoaxed现在分词：hoaxing第三人称单数：hoaxes

1. All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters.
   所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。
2. Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats.
   一些中文的贴子和博客提出，周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。
3. Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax.
   主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。
4. Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet.
   官方称这是明显的愚弄行为，应该遭受斥责，但是仍然还有五只断脚。

1. They considered the phone call a hoax.
   他们认为那个电话是恶作剧。
2. I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title.
   我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾，你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。

Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture
Modelling rumors: the no plane Pentagon French hoax case
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to American Public Schools
The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax, and other irreverent essays on the study of language /
Oops they did it again! Carbon nanotubes hoax scientists in viability assays.
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language (Book)
A Review of “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools”
Korean ubiquitous-eco-city: A smart-sustainable urban form or a branding hoax?
NASA faked the moon landing—therefore, (climate) science is a hoax: An anatomy of the motivated rejection of science.