记忆方法
使用词根和前缀结合的记忆方法：将“co-”视为“共同”，将“zen”想象为“zenith”，即山峰或顶点。记忆方法可以是：“cozen”像是在山顶上共同做些虚伪或者欺诈的事情，以此来记住这个词的含义，即“用欺骗或操纵的手段来谋取利益”。
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英语词源
- cozen (v.)
- 1560s, of uncertain origin; perhaps from French cousiner "cheat on pretext of being a cousin;" or from Middle English cosyn "fraud, trickery" (mid-15c.), which is perhaps related to Old French coçon "dealer, merchant, trader," from Latin cocionem "horse dealer." Related: Cozened; cozening; cozenage.
权威例句
- 1. A clever lawyer can cozen the prisoner into an admission of guilt.
- 一个聪明的律师能施小计诱使囚犯承认有罪.
- 2. The pretty child could cozen anything out of his old grandfather.
- 那可爱的小孩能从他老祖父那儿骗取任何东西.
- 3. Call me cousin, but cozen me out.
- 与我攀亲可以, 但欺骗我可不行.
- 4. Call me cousin, but cozen me not.
- 可以亲我但不要骗我.