Deceptively spacious
di-SEP-tiv-lee SPAY-shus
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What it really means
Agent-speak meaning "bigger inside than it looks from outside". It sounds odd — "deceptively" means misleadingly — but agents use it as praise. Still worth viewing with your own eyes and a tape measure.
Chinese explanation
中介用语，意为"内部比外观看起来宽敞"。这个说法有点怪——"deceptively"本意是"具有欺骗性地"——但中介把它当褒义用。还是要亲眼看、亲手量。
Example conversation
A: The advert calls it deceptively spacious.
B: Estate-agent poetry. Let’s book a viewing and measure the rooms ourselves.
A：广告说它“出人意料地宽敞”。
B：中介的诗意罢了。我们预约看房，自己量一量。
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