bait and switch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.
    — Seereeram and other critics say it was a sort of bait and switch. Citibank met with Trintomar three times in the spring of 1992 to pitch its original $66 million refinancing proposal, and in a letter dated Sept. 9, Trintomar asked for a formal proposal. The next day, Citibank sent a letter outlining the extra $96.5 million loan in several pages of eye-glazing detail.
  2. Any similar deceptive behavior, especially in politics and romantic relationships. broadly
    — Jon: Hey, Garfield, let's get a pizza! […] Jon:On the way we'll stop at the vet. Garfield: It's the old bait and switch!
动词 v.
  1. To lure someone with an offer of some kind, but substitute something of greater advantage to the offerer.
    — Not when you are baiting and switching down from a stately antebellum manse to a tenement crack house.

词形变化

baits and switches present,singular,third-person baiting and switching participle,present baited and switched participle,past baited and switched past
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