| 词汇 | shenanigans |
| 释义 | shenanigans noun[ plural ] informaluk /ʃəˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/ us /ʃəˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/ disapproving secret or dishonest activities, usually of a complicated type: 诈骗，欺骗;耍手腕;恶作剧;把戏，诡计 Like many local governments in the state, the county has a long history of political shenanigans. More business shenanigans were exposed in the newspapers today. silly behaviour that is usually not very serious or harmful: He told stories of his childhood pranks and prep school shenanigans. There were accusations of bookkeeping shenanigans at several companies. The bank, of course, denied all suggestions of political shenanigans. In fact, electoral shenanigans were not needed in order to secure his victory at the polls. These kids are famous teenagers engaging in high-class shenanigans in Hollywood. Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel funny business game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp prankishly prankster pretext pretextual pull You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Bad and wrong behaviour Sports & games generally shenanigans | American Dictionaryshenanigans plural noun us/ʃəˈnæn·ɪ·ɡənz/ humorous or dishonest tricks: I don’t know how he puts up with their shenanigans. Examples of shenanigansshenanigans And there's a general psychological and historical truth underlying the shenanigans. Nonetheless, party agents described their work, including the shenanigans of the opposition, rather dispassionately. Such changes make it far more difficult for the fiddles and shenanigans that have been mentioned tonight to be detected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would put a stop to any shenanigans and malpractices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, after all, we are used to this kind of shenanigans. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Could she not get them to accept that the shenanigans over the selective price scheme have no relevance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder whether it has fallen off at all as a result of the shenanigans of the past year or two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sharply aware of some of the shenanigans of this kind that have been going on in respect of the arts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Given the shenanigans that are going on, that is a doubtful claim, but let us take it at face value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the contrary, we appear to have healthy economic growth free of all the property shenanigans of the past few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that at least two of the 12 market-tested pits have been closed as a result of all the shenanigans that have gone on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have returned to a rational and quiet debate after the shenanigans of the last 12 hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am delighted that we are not allowing our proceedings to be disrupted by the shenanigans earlier today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That in itself is almost as important as the trade shenanigans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These linguistic shenanigans are in fact political points. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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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