Maggie：Do you know the reason why Paul quit？
Warner：He was taken in by a client and it cost a lot.
瑪吉：你知道保羅辭職的原因嗎？
沃納：他被一個客戶騙了，虧損了一大筆錢。
be taken in受騙；上當
take有許多用法及解釋，衍生出的短語take in也有幾種不同的意思（收容；改小衣服；理解等）。此處的take為常見的俚語用法，意指「欺騙"，be taken in則指「被欺騙"，意思同be deceived.
看看老外聊天時怎麼用be taken in:
Joey: I was taken in by the advertisement
Lily: If you don't like the fitness machine, can you return it?
Joey: What really drives me nuts is that this is not refundable!
Lily: All right. Cool off. Let me try to sell it on-line.
Joey: Really? You are my savior!
喬伊：我被廣告騙了！
莉莉：如果你不喜歡那臺健身器材，可以退貨嗎？
喬伊：真正讓我抓狂的是，這臺機器不接受退貨！
莉莉：好吧，冷靜點，讓我試著在網上賣掉。
喬伊：真的嗎？你真是我的救星！
be taken in例句精選：
He was taken in by a forged note.
一張假票子把他蒙了。
His promises are a trap and I won't be taken in.
他的諾言是個圈套，我可不上這個當。
Don't be taken in by such a cock-and-bull story.
別被這種虛懸的事情騙了。
Don't be so naive as to be taken in by their lies.
不要太天真，以免被他們的謊言所欺騙。
拓展學習：
dupe 易受騙者
circumvent 陷害
exaggerate 誇大
advantage 好處
be born yesterday 無知的
expose a fraud 拆穿騙局
on the up and up 光明磊落