cheat
verb [ I or T ] uk/tʃiːt/ us/tʃiːt/
B2 欺骗，行骗;作弊
to behave in a dishonest way in order to get what you want
Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from the exam. 任何人如被发现作弊将被立即取消考试资格。
He cheats at cards? 他打牌作弊吗？
She cheated in the test by copying from the boy in front. 她在测验中作弊，抄袭前座男孩的答案。
I suspect he cheats on his taxes (= avoids paying as much tax as he should). 我怀疑他逃税。
They cheat people by charging too much for building materials. 他们通过多收建筑材料费欺骗顾客。
- More examples
- They set up a double-cross to cheat him of his money.
- He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it for him.
- He'd do anything to cover his ass, including lie, cheat and murder.
- The winner has been disqualified for cheating, so justice has been done .
- There were instances of brazen cheating in the exams.
Idiom
cheat deathidiom literary 死里逃生，幸免遇难，逃出鬼门关
to succeed in staying alive in an extremely dangerous situation
As a racing driver, he was involved in many serious crashes and had cheated death on several occasions. 作为一名赛车手，他经历了多次严重的撞车事故，好几次都死里逃生。
Phrasal verbs
cheat on someoneB2 对（丈夫或妻子）不忠
If you cheat on your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner, you secretly have a sexual relationship with someone else.
She found out that he'd been cheating on her. 她发现他对她不忠。
cheat someone out of something 骗取，诈取
to unfairly prevent someone from getting or achieving something that they should have
She claimed that her cousin had cheated her out of her inheritance. 她声称她的表兄骗取了本该由她继承的遗产。
cheat
noun uk/tʃiːt/ us/tʃiːt/
[ C ]骗子；作弊者
a person who behaves in a dishonest way
Trouble broke out in the match when one of the players called a member of the other team a cheat. 比赛中，一名队员叫对方一名队员骗子，纠纷就此爆发。
[ S ]骗人的东西
something dishonest that makes people believe that something is true when it is not
You can use cocoa powder to make the cake rather than chocolate - it's a bit of a cheat, but nobody notices the difference. 你可以用可可粉而不是巧克力做蛋糕——这有点骗人，可是没人会注意到其中的差别。
[ C ]（玩电脑游戏时使用的）秘技，作弊码
a collection of instructions or special information that someone can use to help them play a computer game more successfully
the latest game cheats 最新的游戏秘技
cheat codes 作弊代码