| 词汇 | shiftiness |
| 释义 | shiftiness noun[ U ] uk /ˈʃɪf.ti.nəs/ us /ˈʃɪf.ti.nəs/ the quality of looking or seeming dishonest: 诡诈，不老实 He has the withdrawn shiftiness of someone burdened with shameful secrets.他身上有一种背负着可耻秘密的人才有的沉默的诡诈。 She was sure she detected a new shiftiness in his manner.她很确定她在他身上发现了以前没有的不老实。 See shifty I notice the shiftiness in her eyes and movements. As the President's shiftiness became more and more apparent, she burst into tears. He could detect no sign of shiftiness or unease – nothing to suggest that her story was anything but the truth. 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 Examples of shiftinessshiftiness Why is it that this shocking record of indecision and shiftiness on dogs should be brought to this kind of culmination? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, one of the remarkable qualities of property is its shiftiness; its ability to change its character often and quickly, from real to personal and from personal to real. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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