222. As an example of what's going on, consider U.S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota.

译文　作为现在正在发生的事情的例子，考虑一下最近被明尼苏达州以欺诈行为起诉的美国合众银行。

点睛　本句中，as引导伴随状语；which引导定语从句，修饰U.S. Bancorp。

U.S. Bancorp即“美国合众银行”，其中Bancorp为bank和corporation的合成。sue意为“起诉；控告”，常用于sue sb. for sth. 这一搭配。如：

I'll sue you for libel. 我要以诽谤罪控告你。

考点归纳　deceptive是由动词deceit引申而来的形容词。由deceit引申而来的词主要有：

deceptive意为“迷惑的；虚伪的；诈欺的”。如：

Deceptive advertising have damaged the company's image among the consumers. 虚假广告已损害了该公司在消费者心目中的形象。

deceptiveness意为“欺骗的性质或状态”。如：

Precisely because he can still deceive a number of people and has a certain deceptiveness, he was still kept in the gang group. 就是因为他还能欺骗一部分人，还有一点欺骗人的价值，所以他现在还是那一流氓团伙的成员。

deception意为“骗局，诡计”。如：

His pretended friendship was part of the deception. 他伪装出来的友谊是骗局的一部分。