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

• Miss Fan, who was just about to ask Hsin-mei what sort of shenanigans, took such a fright that she scooped up a spoonful of chicken soup and swallowed her question down with it.
  范小姐正要问辛楣什么笑话，吓得拿匙舀口鸡汤和着这问题咽了下去。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• But as my colleague Alan Beattie has pointed out, currency shenanigans are in the eye of the beholder.
  但正如我的同事艾伦•贝蒂（AlanBeattie）所指出的，货币操纵取决于观点。
• 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。
• The once-hot daily deals kingpin is being slammed for everything from accounting shenanigans to lack of internal controls and overspending to grow its business.
  这家一度炙手可热的团购之王现在突然变得处处遭人诟病：从财务欺诈，到内控不足，再到为了业务拓展而大手大脚地开支过度。
• "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。
• 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。