deceive: implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes confusion, bewilderment, or helplessness: the salesman tried to ~ me about the car.



mislead: implies a leading astray from the truth that may or may not be intentional: I was ~ by the confusing sign.


delude: implies deveiving so thoroughly as to make one a fool or to make one unable to distinguish the false from the true: we were ~d into thinking we were safe.


beguile: stresses the use of charm and persuation to deceive: his ingratiating ways ~d us all.

deceive欺骗: 指施加虚假观念，使人困惑无助，mislead误导: delude完全欺骗: beguile蛊惑哄骗:


记忆方法： 1）首字母MBDD大大毛病<==欺骗

这组词比较好记，除了mislead以外，都和deceive相关：即施加虚假(false)想法观念使人迷惑无助，delude强调完全，beguile强调魅惑劝说。mislead就是领偏，和字面意思一样。  

  另：cheat（欺骗作弊）表示using deceit or trickery to intentionally escape observation，可见deceive是更基础的词。

            2) 欺骗的意思是阴险地误导mean to lead astray or to frustrate by underhandedness.      underhanded卑鄙的秘密的阴险的欺诈的