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

• 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。
• Many foreign observers look at the US budget shenanigans with confusion and dismay, wondering how a country that seems to have it all can manage its fiscal affairs so chaotically.
  许多外国观察人士带着困惑而失望的眼神关注着美国的预算闹剧，他们不明白一个似乎拥有一切资源的国家怎么会将财政事务管理得如此混乱。
• We had so many more shenanigans and so much other fun stuff I can't believe they didn't air any of it!
  我们做了如此多的恶作剧和其他好玩的事情，我不能相信电视上居然一点都没有播！
• 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。
• 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。
• I wanna know what kind of shenanigans you're up to.
  我想知道你在耍什么诡计。
• Cut out the shenanigans and start studying!
  不要胡说了，开始用功吧！
• I mean I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?
  我的意思是我已经怀孕了，那么我还能玩一些别的恶作剧吗？
• His shenanigans are always very funny.
  他的恶作剧总是非常的好笑。
• Angular frenzy at approach to the center; two-body "steady motion"'and three-body shenanigans in planetary simulations.
  角度运动向中心的倾向，双体的「稳定动态」，以及在星系模拟中的三体骗局。