英语购物对话-Misleading Advertisement(5)

A: These batteries should be on sale more often.
B: I don't think these batteries are on sale.
A: Look at the ad. It says they're on sale.
B: You're right. Batteries are on sale, but not this brand of batteries.
A: Oh. I didn't pay attention to the brand name.
B: Several people have misread that ad already today.
A: People make the mistake because the ad is misleading.
B: I agree with you. Ads can be very tricky¹.
A: I don't know when I'll ever learn.
B: No problem. I'll bring you the batteries that are on sale. I'll be right back.
 

1 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。