"young mammal before it is weaned," late 14c., agent noun from suck. Slang meaning "person who is easily deceived" is first attested 1836, American English, on notion of naivete; but another theory traces the slang meaning to the fish called a sucker (1753), on the notion of being easy to catch in their annual migrations (the fish so called from the shape of its mouth). As a type of candy from 1823; especially "lollipop" by 1907. Meaning "shoot from the base of a tree or plant" is from 1570s. Also the old name of inhabitants of Illinois.
sucker (v.)
"to deceive, to make a dupe of," 1939, from sucker (n.) in the related sense. Related: Suckered; suckering.
权威例句
1. Keep giving us your money, sucker!
继续把你的钱给我们,傻瓜!
2. I'm such a sucker for romance.
我对浪漫毫无招架之力。
3. I've always been a sucker for men with green eyes.
我一向对绿眼睛男人着迷。
4. It is becoming harder for the authorities to sucker healthy banks into taking over smaller ones.
当局要想哄骗经营状况良好的银行接管小银行是越来越难了。
5. If you tell those folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'll vote for you twice over.