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

• 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。
• So far, the markets have taken a relaxed view of the fiscal shenanigans.
  目前为止，市场对这种财政上的“把戏”还是持放松态度的。
• Cut out the shenanigans and start studying!
  不要胡说了，开始用功吧！
• 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。
• I wanna know what kind of shenanigans you're up to.
  我想知道你在耍什么诡计。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。