| 词汇 | example_english_dodgy |
| 释义 | Examples of dodgyThese 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. The esthetic argument is dodgy, since it often boils down to 'what you are used to'. Yes, some dealers have an inkling which shares are dodgy. Also, in their opinion, it did not mean that one was susceptible to unreliable, 'dodgy' or unknown characters. They are buying securities, even ones that contain dodgy derivatives and so on. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If you want examples of species which are disappearing, there are a lot of dodgy statistics out there - take polar bears as an example. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Maybe it is not surprising that dodgy operators with a lax approach to safety should also be revealed as dodgy operators as far as the cargoes they carry are concerned. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They were found to be dodgy projects. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We all know what that dodgy creed was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not only a war criminal; he is also the possessor of a very dodgy negotiating record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the so-called dodgy dossier incident was not particularly well handled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not a week goes by without another dodgy deal being exposed by the media. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does the proposal provide an effective way of dealing with the fairly small proportion of dodgy operators carrying the heavier loads? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that fences and dodgy dealers have civil rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The business of fitting in with demands sounds a bit dodgy to me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The public increasingly feel that the taxpayer is being robbed by dodgy entrepreneurs in the military sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of producing them once again involves dodgy accounting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that could be produced was the dodgy dossier, which was essentially a reworked thesis that was more than 10 years old. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She did not disclose a load of dodgy trusts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frankly, if someone goes to a supermarket, buys something that is a bit dodgy and complains about it, what does the supermarket care? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know whether his friends are dodgy, but that is another matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although that may be just legal, it is dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would rather the patients did not suffer, even at the price of dodgy reporting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He ran a long campaign against some dodgy contracts in which the local authority was involved, and had them changed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The current method of collecting unemployment statistics in sparsely populated areas is unsatisfactory, because of dodgy statistical methods in assessing employment levels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Slightly dodgy tests could be subject to the more expensive test. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In small communities in the rural areas, secrecy and confidentiality of information is very "dodgy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must criticise him for taking a highly selective snapshot on import and export figures to bolster a rather dodgy argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Admittedly, tonight many lawyers have spent most of their time criticising dodgy lawyers—they should know their own trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we knew that a dodgy operator was breaking the law, we would prosecute him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He dismissed the data as dodgy because they did not support his case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been some terrible problems with "rogue clampers"or"dodgy clampers". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where there is money, there are of course occasionally dodgy deals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the same scrutiny were given to giros as to dodgy fivers, we could eliminate a lot of fraud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be audit problems and dodgy companies, but who made the auditors take on those companies as clients? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Auditors do not need to take on the accounts of dodgy companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to return to the dodgy dossier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dodgy dossier was prepared by a team working on information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can all think of examples: dodgy identification evidence or a cell confession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he think that those are dodgy statistics, or does he think that that has really happened—and, if so, why? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they to chase non-metric bananas, foxhunters, or those with dodgy number plates? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He talked of the highly dodgy product; we were told that we were paying lip service and were in the pockets of the vested interests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Offering 65 to 1 is dodgy, and half of the business of fixed odds is on draws, something they do not like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any liberalisation of the planning procedures should not be designed to give still more power to people who have a dodgy track record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He told them that he would stamp out mismanagement, profiteering and dodgy dealing—but the backlog continued to grow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of us who have immigrant populations in our constituencies have become more adept at identifying dodgy lobbying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the problems that are associated with fireworks are the result of some rather dodgy importers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He cannot possibly introduce such a scheme based on the results of such a dodgy survey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When our consultant was ill recently, the service was really dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People at the dodgy end of the private rented sector are heavily involved in housing benefit fraud, and are financed by the taxpayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who was responsible for the final content of the so-called dodgy dossier? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Believe it or not, in this land of ours, people could sell stolen—my officials put "dodgy" in brackets, but we do not use that term—objects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Paragraph 82 of the report refers to the dodgy dossier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not in the business of seeking to sell dodgy goods on the doorstep. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One worries that there will be tax evasion and more inefficient and rather dodgy sites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not accept that the dodgy operators form only a small proportion of the total fleet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one said then that this was a dodgy business about which we ought to be rather careful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If ever there was a case of dodgy goods falling on to the back of a truck, that is it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When a credit union works well it is fantastic, but if it is dodgy it can create enormous problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should not be ruined by a dodgy geezer selling a burger on a dirty old trolley. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dodgy part of the industry, the equivalent of the sewerage problem in water privatisation, will be kept in the public sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He could give his opinion on whether the chambers of commerce were dodgy or corruption was involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he now clear up a mystery about his membership of an even more dodgy organisation in the 1980s? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Bearing in mind the fact that he has never manufactured anything except dodgy policies, how does he expect to do better? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can say only that that is a dodgy reply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he guarantee that staff will be properly vetted and that no dodgy outfits will supply security guards for those premises? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On my calculation, that worked out to a little more than £1 million per dodgy vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The inquiry should consider who was responsible for the final contents and form of the so-called dodgy dossier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The charges relating to the second so-called dodgy dossier are, if anything, even more grave. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They probably include a slightly larger than average—albeit small—minority of "dodgy characters". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I might as well tear up the dodgy diary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us imagine the "dodgy bonds futures market". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those propositions are based on delusions and on dodgy data. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have supported that statement with figures that are dodgy, to say the least. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system is not merely going to be run on a dodgy old computer, it is also extraordinarily complex. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everything was done on the cheap and the wiring was so dodgy that even when the electricity meter ran out, my bedroom lights stayed on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not the fact of the matter that yesterday's dodgy deal between the two of them means that, together, they have sold their souls? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His speech was not learned, judicial or legal—in fact, it reminded me of the work of a dodgy builder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the wording of clause 13(2)(b) looked a bit dodgy to us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Either way, we are talking about cultural objects that are a little or decidedly dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they cannot answer the question, it clearly opens the possibility that the stuff that they are dealing in is dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are dodgy enough, they will not get insurance, and if they are relatively dodgy they will have to pay a large premium. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the shareholders were taking into account the dodgy nature of the way in which the bid was mounted and financed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On a pure arm's-length, market-forces-assessment, this investment is a dodgy gamble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Either something dramatic is going on that warrants proper investigation or the data are dodgy, which also warrants investigation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The principle is curious, too, in the light of the very dubious and dodgy tactics used by big accountancy houses to try to get such limitation of liability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that the accounts are extremely dodgy, but we do not know exactly where and how the bodies are buried and how great the difficulties are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The construction industry itself is in a very dodgy state at present, and for that industry interest rates are the most crucial element in the economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is a bit dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason why they are resisting the attempt by their lordships to improve the legislation is that they do not want any scrutiny of this dodgy piece of work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of sending cheats, dodgy employers and layabouts to prison—they would probably relish the opportunity to put their feet up—they should be made to undertake unsavoury community service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The house owners cannot get their homes insured—certainly not for the same price that they paid before—because the insurers have said that it is a bit dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may have been a bit dodgy before 1831, but since then they have almost always been believed—they may have been wrong, but people believed them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are stuck with an amendment that seems to be very dodgy, but we must try to ensure that, in questioning it, we do not endanger the legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They said that it was absolutely true but that they found it almost impossible to get any evidence on which to proceed against the dodgy dealers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His arithmetic is a little dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he consider the undergrounding of domestic supplies before we have to import our electricity supply, by 2012 or 2020, from external, independent, third-country dodgy suppliers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They suggest that they are very dodgy indeed, particularly as the proposed industrial take-off, on which many of the cash limits were based, has not materialised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our standard of living is much higher than that of recent generations but it is still a dodgy affluence sustained by hope rather than by solid savings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Integrity bonds are inherently dangerous and dodgy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to rid occupational pensions of their dodgy reputation and give them a reputation for being safe, sound places where people can put their savings for retirement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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