| 词汇 | fly-by-night |
| 释义 | fly-by-night adjective[ before noun ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈflaɪ.baɪ.naɪt/ us /ˈflaɪ.baɪ.naɪt/ Fly-by-night companies or business people cannot be trusted because they are likely to get into debt and close down the business to avoid paying the debts or satisfying agreements: （公司或商人）不可靠的，无信用的 a fly-by-night operator/organization不可靠的经营者／机构 Dishonest artificiality bad faith be rotten to the coreidiom bent cowboy dubiously false finagle fishy fraudulence mendacious mendaciously misleading misleadingly perjured under false pretencesphrase underhand unreliability unreliable unscrupulous You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Success & failure in business fly-by-night | American Dictionaryfly-by-night adjective[ not gradable ] disapprovingus/ˈflɑɪ·bɑɪˌnɑɪt/ (esp. of a business) not able to be trusted, and likely to stop operating without any notice: a fly-by-night operation fly-by-night | Business Englishfly-by-night adjective[ before noun ] informalukus a fly-by-night business or worker does not offer good products or services and is likely to avoid paying debts or satisfying agreements by leaving the area: fly-by-night companies/contractors/operators Examples of fly-by-nightfly-by-night Such areas become particularly vulnerable to the activities of fly-by-night operators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chairman talked about the corporation's programmes and the difficulties of fly-by-night customers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not some fly-by-night mediator whom no one has ever heard of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that it is no fly-by-night affair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one knew how many there were; some farriers were better than others, but there were perhaps too many "fly-by-night" ones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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