【charlatan】 - AEAS备考词汇

charlatan

UK:  ['ʃɑː(r)lətən]

US:  ['ʃɑrlətən]

复数：charlatans  

n.

1.骗子,江湖骗子

2.江湖郎中

3.骗子;假内行

4.庸医

adj.

1.假充内行的,骗人的

1 . Incapable of moral clarity, he could never quite admit to himself that he was a charlatan and that his scheme was an impossible fiasco.
由于缺乏明确的道德准则，他从来不承认自己是一个江湖骗子以及他的计划是个彻底的失败品。

2 . 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。

3 . Science is not my long suit in school either, so when I started teaching science to my students, I feel like a total charlatan.
上学时自然科学也不是我所擅长的，所以我开始给我的学生们讲这门课程的时候我感觉自己简直像个冒充内行的骗子。

4 . Sometimes policymakers get conflicting advice because some charlatan is offering an unrealistically easy solution to a hard problem.
有时候决策制定者得到矛盾的建议是因为一些不懂装懂的人对难题提出不合实际的简单方法。

5 . Drucker liked to say that people used the word guru because the word charlatan was so hard to spell.
德鲁克喜欢说人们用大师这个词是因为江湖骗子这个词太难拼写了。