形容词

1. Appearances are deceptive.
不可貌相。

1. 迷惑的、骗人的(形容词)：That monk lives a very quiet and peaceful life.那位僧侣过著平静的生活. | deceptive迷惑的、骗人的(形容词) | I believe that the advertising is a little deceptive.我相信广告总是有一些骗人.

2. 虚伪,使人误解的：deceit 欺骗 | deceptive 虚伪,使人误解的 | emancipate 解放

1. 欺骗性的;造成假象的
If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.

e.g. Appearances can be deceptive.
外表可能是靠不住的。

adj

1. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

e.g. 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

Synonym: misleadingshoddy

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

e.g. deceptive calm
a delusory pleasure

Synonym: delusory