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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• Unfortunately, with the Republican shenanigans of recent days, we might as well all learn a new national anthem.
  不幸的是，鉴于这段时间共和党人的瞎搞，我们也可能将全民学习一首新国歌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。