| 词汇 | sharp-practice |
| 释义 | sharp practice noun[ U ] uk /ˌʃɑːp ˈpræk.tɪs/ us /ˌʃɑːrp ˈpræk.tɪs/ a way of behaving, in business, that is dishonest but not illegal: （商业上的）不道德行为，不正当手段 The industry brought in rules to protect customers from sharp practice.该行业制定了规章，旨在保护客户免受不正当手段的欺诈。 Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction lie mythologically mythologize perjure perjury someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper sharp practice | Business Englishsharp practice noun[ U ] COMMERCE UKukus a way of behaving in business that is dishonest but not illegal: The building industry brought in rules to protect customers from sharp practice. The penalties for sharp practice in regulated entities should be more severe. Examples of sharp practicesharp practice The expression "sharppractice" has been used already several times in the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He discharged those duties with remarkable success, and without any suggestion that he ever resorted to insincerity or sharppractice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not like to suggest that there was any sharppractice about the matter of language at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has come to my ears that a lot of sharppractice is being undertaken in this process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is where the sharppractice comes in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are people who feel that the development corportion is indulging in some sharppractice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was close to "sharppractice". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that this kind of sharppractice is still going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the timing was entirely fortuitous and that no sharppractice was intended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That may be small comfort to them, but there can be no question here of sharppractice or deceit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a feeling that sharppractice has been involved here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A common element in many of the scandals is the prevalence of sharppractice and the industry's inability to get on top of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry, but this is coming very near to sharppractice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it is sharppractice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am bound to say that all this is somewhat redolent of government inspired hints of some form of corruption or at least sharppractice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sharp practice 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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