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词汇 monkey-business
释义 monkey business
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈmʌŋ.ki ˌbɪz.nɪs/ us /ˈmʌŋ.ki ˌbɪz.nɪs/
behaviour that is not acceptable or is dishonest: 骗人把戏;恶作剧
The teacher suspected that there had been some monkey business going on while she was out of the room.老师怀疑她不在教室里的时候有人搞恶作剧。
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monkey business | American Dictionary


monkey business
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmʌŋ·ki ˌbɪz·nəs/
dishonest or illegal behavior:
There’s been some monkey business connected with his tax returns.

Examples of monkey business


monkey business
It then occurred to me that there was some monkeybusiness, which is now becoming apparent.
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That is not justice; it is playing monkeybusiness with our judicial framework and processes.
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I hope we shall have some elucidation about the timing of the next stage of the monkeybusiness which is described as the revised code.
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When its financial incompetence and mischief were discovered, it tried to involve other councils in the same monkeybusiness.
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Another bit of monkeybusiness.
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