deceptive
[dɪ'sɛptɪv]
a. 惑, 虚伪, 欺诈

1. Meaningless or deceptive language; humbug.
   废话，蠢话意虚伪话；
2. Deceptive advertising have damaged the company's image among the consumer.
   虚假广告已损坏该司消费者形象。
3. Deliberately misleading; deceptive.
   意欺骗；容易使

deceptive
[ adj ]

1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

<adj.all>
deceptive calm
a delusory pleasure

2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

<adj.all>
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

Deceptive \De*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]ceptif. See {Deceive}.]
Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with
false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper
reality from our eyes. --Trench.

{Deceptive cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or
in some foreign key, postponing the final close.