Deceptive

(adj.) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; 'the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm'; 'deliberately deceptive packaging'; 'a misleading similarity'; 'statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading'; 'shoddy business practices' .

(adj.) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; 'deceptive calm'; 'a delusory pleasure' .

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• When theory runs against the grain of living forces, the result is a deceptive theory of politics. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Just as deceptive as plain fraud is the deceptive ballot. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This is a pleasant surprise, sir, said Mr. Ablewhite, addressing himself with his deceptive cordiality to Mr. Bruff. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And how deceptive appearances may be, to be sure! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The following will make a splendid article, and you know what you are getting without paying high prices for weak extracts put up in deceptive little panel bottles. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Popular history is deceptive if it is used to furnish a picture for coming events. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact, he answered, laughing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I may _hope_ it--yes--but hope is deceptive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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