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词汇 mischief
释义 mischief
noun
uk /ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/ us /ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/
[ U ]
behaviour, especially a child's, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage: (尤指儿童的)恶作剧,淘气,捣蛋
She's a lively little girl, full of mischief.她是一个活泼好动的小姑娘,特别爱淘气。
He needs a hobby to keep him busy and stop him from getting into mischief.他需要培养一个爱好让他有事可忙,不再调皮捣蛋。
Maybe a new bike would keep him out of mischief.也许一辆新自行车会让他不再淘气。
I hope you haven't been up to any mischief while I was gone.我希望我不在时你没有搞什么恶作剧。
[ C or U ]
damage or harm, or an act that causes damage or harm: 损害;伤害;危害
criminal mischief刑事毁坏
The country should try to remedy its past mischiefs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bad but attractive
cheekily
cheekiness
cheeky
devilish
devilment
impish
juicy
mischievous
mischievously
mischievousness
primrose
puckishly
rapscallion
rascally
roguish
roguishly
sinfully
wicked
wickedly

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Damaging and spoiling

Idioms


do someone/yourself a mischief
make mischief

mischief | American Dictionary


mischief
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmɪs·tʃəf/
behavior, esp. of a child, that is slightly bad or causes trouble but is not intended to harm anyone:
Some of the neighborhood kids like to get into mischief.
She’s a cute little girl, but full of mischief.

Examples of mischief


mischief
We need legislation appropriate to cover a variety of different situations and mischiefs that cause problems in local communities.
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All sorts of conceivable mischiefs have been conjured up with regard to this regulation.
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The validity of whatever the legislation is applies equally, irrespective of the prevalence or otherwise of the mischiefs that the legislation attempts to prevent.
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Seeing that the burden is falling upon the taxpayer it ought to be administered locally, otherwise great mischiefs may arise.
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We find ourselves in the 1990s with new, well-defined mischiefs that the law does not address at all or does not address with any certainty.
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We have concentrated on the real mischiefs that need to be addressed in terms of international crime.
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There are already provisions in place to combat mischiefs of this sort.
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A continuance of the present system will be filled with a thousand evils and innumerable mischiefs.
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The mischiefs involved in the present system of agricultural support have gone on too long.
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I accept that there are evils and mischiefs here which need to be addressed.
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What encourages them is inefficiency and extravagance, and the only way to correct those mischiefs is to discuss and to have full information.
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The worst mischiefs which arise from clubs are largely due to providing liquor at hours when it cannot be got at public-houses.
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I may, of course, have exaggerated the mischiefs.
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We should not let present mischiefs go unchecked for 10 years while we debate freedom of information, privacy and confidentiality.
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I do not conceal from myself that it is in the nature of a compromise, with all the mischiefs of compromises.
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