| 词汇 | dirty-tricks |
| 释义 | dirty tricks noun[ plural ] uk /ˌdɜː.ti ˈtrɪks/ us /ˌdɝː.t̬i ˈtrɪks/ dishonest activities intended to harm someone you are competing against: 花招，猫腻，非正当手段 The airline was accused of a dirty tricks campaign against its main rival.这家航空公司受到指控，称其对主要竞争对手使用了不正当手段。 Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom prankster pretext pretextual pull pull a fast oneidiom Examples of dirty tricksdirty tricks Parliament - and we have been reminded of this - was most insistent in its calls for clarity during the last part-session and made a stand against dirtytricks and fraud. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Reports of money, intimidation and dirtytricks were the norm. The political establishment grew nervous and resorted to dirtytricks. But if evidence is obtained in the most outrageous way—is obtained by dirtytricks, as it might be called; by dishonesty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But in the public services there are no dirtytricks departments; they are all honourable men, and difficulties are overcome by negotiation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before the election, there was a dirtytricks department that circulated fabrications to certain newspapers, which were only too anxious to receive them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there ever was a dirtytricks campaign, it would be difficult to imagine anything more fatuous or unsuccessful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I naturally deplore all dirtytricks campaigns and all low and deplorable levels to which people sink when opposing perfectly sensible legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is simply not true, because a party has a majority, that they have the right to play dirtytricks on their opponents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That very system has given rise to dirtytricks in some cases. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I remain to be convinced that dirtytricks saved lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is probably familiar with its account of dirtytricks being played against his partners at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of us who had to fight the alliance know the dirtytricks that it uses and that is regrettable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Publication helps to reduce ideological bias, arbitrariness, cronyism and dirtytricks. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It was part of the dirtytricks set-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dirty tricks 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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