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

• 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。
• 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。
• Foreign investors may have a better nose for boardroom shenanigans and a strong incentive to protect minority shareholders.
  外国投资者还能更好的探悉交易所的欺诈行为，有更强烈的保护中小股东的动机。
• "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。
• His shenanigans are always very funny.
  他的恶作剧总是非常的好笑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Anyone watching this week's political shenanigans in Washington will grasp at once the tiny probability of tax hikes or spending cuts on this scale.
  任何人如果关注本周在华盛顿上演的政治闹剧，都会马上注意到如此大规模的增税或减支的可能性微乎其微。
• Discussion of the debt ceiling debate has become the one of the most overhyped factors in global markets and it is a little depressing to analyze the political shenanigans going on in Washington.
  关于债务上限辩论的讨论已经成为全球市场过度炒作最严重的因素之一，而且，分析正在华盛顿上演的这出政治闹剧难免使人沮丧。
• Politically, North Korean shenanigans are shielded from possible retribution by a defense treaty with China as well as its diplomatic efforts to diffuse the ongoing nuclear crisis.
  政治地，北韩鬼把戏从可能报应被和中国的一个防卫条约和它的外交努力保护散播继续的核子危机。