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mountebank
noun[ C ]
literarydisapprovinguk /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.bæŋk/ us /ˈmaʊn.t̬ə.bæŋk/
someone who pretends to be someone or something that they are not, or to be able to do something that they cannot: 江湖骗子
The university was divided into those people who thought he was a genius and those who thought he was a mountebank.大学分成了两派，一派认为他是天才，另一派认为他是个江湖骗子。
The potion was dispensed by both physicians and itinerant mountebanks.药水是医生和游走各处的江湖骗子一起炮制的。
He is reminiscent of a fairground mountebank, or perhaps the charlatan wizard Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter.
He is a sorcerer. Or, perhaps, a mountebank.
Study of his character reveals a strong vein of the mountebank and many of his claims seem to have little basis in fact.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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assume
believe
bluff someone into something/doing something
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pass something off as something
phoney
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play-act
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professed
purport
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