shenanigans

英 [ʃɪˈnænɪɡənz]

美 [ʃɪˈnænɪɡənz]

n.  诡计; 恶作剧; 耍手腕; 鬼把戏

COCA.19987

牛津词典

noun

• 诡计；恶作剧；耍手腕；鬼把戏
  secret or dishonest activities that people find interesting or amusing

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL (尤指可笑、有趣的)恶作剧，诡计，鬼把戏
  You can useshenanigansto refer to rather dishonest or immoral behaviour, especially when you think it is amusing or interesting.
  1. ...the private shenanigans of public figures.
     公众人物见不得人的诡计

双语例句

• His shenanigans are always very funny.
  他的恶作剧总是非常的好笑。
• Hong Kong takes pride in being a leading international financial centre, but it has its share of boardroom shenanigans and dubious dealings it would rather keep hidden.
  香港以身为领先国际金融中心为傲，但这里也隐藏着董事会诡计和可疑交易。
• Cut out the shenanigans and start studying!
  不要胡说了，开始用功吧！
• "Most four-year state universities are not having the same types of shenanigans," he says.
  卡特说：大多数的四年制州立大学没有这种造假情况。
• A devout Christian, Washington is well-known for not partaking in any of the usual shenanigans that Hollywood stars are partial to.
  作为一个诚挚的基督徒，华盛顿以从不参加好莱坞明星所热衷的一切消遣娱乐而闻名。
• The dispute erupted on Monday when Mr Block gave a presentation to hedge funds in London accusing the Singapore-listed company of being a black hole of excessive debt and accounting shenanigans.
  纠纷于周一爆发。布洛克在伦敦向数家冲基金做报告时，指控在新加坡上市的奥兰是一个负债累累、存在财务欺诈的黑洞。
• However, this intent is lost in all the file I/ O, byte-shifting, field-offsetting shenanigans needed to execute the test.
  但此目标在执行测试所需的所有I/O文件、字节转换文件、字段偏移（field-offsetting）文件中是无法实现的。
• Greece over-borrowed and overspent, then got caught in accounting shenanigans and the global financial meltdown.
  希腊的问题是借债过度、消费过度，又中了会计把戏和全球金融危机的着。
• When the trail of crimes and shenanigans led directly to the White House, Nixon was forced to resign in August 1974.
  当对这些罪行和阴谋的审判直接指向白宫时，尼克松最终被迫于1974年8月辞职。
• They would remember the shenanigans, the Ali Shuffle, the Rope-a-Dope, the fact that Ali had brought beauty and grace to the most uncompromising of sports.
  他们会记住虚晃动作、阿里曳步、借助绳索闪躲，以及阿里为最凶悍的体育运动带来了美和魅力这一事实。