| 词汇 | crookedness |
| 释义 | crookedness noun[ U ] uk /ˈkrʊk.ɪd.nəs/ us /ˈkrʊk.ɪd.nəs/ crookednessnoun[U] (DISHONESTY)the fact of being dishonest or criminal: 不诚实;狡诈 People feel uneasy about the crookedness of the political system.人们对政治制度的扭曲深感不安。 Dishonest artificiality bad faith be rotten to the coreidiom bent cowboy false finagle fishy fly-by-night fraudulence mendacious mendaciously misleading misleadingly perjured under false pretencesphrase underhand unreliability unreliable unscrupulous You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Crime - general words crookednessnoun[U] (BEING BENT)the fact that something is not straight or regular in shape: 弯曲;不规则 the crookedness of his teeth他牙齿的不规则 Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distortion entwine flex flexion flexural swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag Examples of crookednesscrookedness How often does one read of company directors going to gaol for this crookedness and wickedness of robbing poor people of their hard-earned cash? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this proposal lends itself to great laxity and even crookedness in administration, and there is a great deal of make-believe about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we add that to the crookedness of somebody who is going to get money by cheating, that makes it very difficult for people to see through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crookedness of each of these is removed more easily than in the one preceding it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The railroad became known throughout the area for its crookedness and later became a tourist attraction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Eccentricity of the load, or imperfections such as initial crookedness, decreases column strength. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fact that he was also an intelligent man does nt really mitigate the crookedness, or the carrying on of the war. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He could only use his crookedness to make a buck or two at the expense of the poor villagers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The crookedness mentioned throughout the poem can be interpreted as feeling sad, or out of place. 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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