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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This means that the Chinese shenanigans, whatever they were, continue to exist in a legal netherworld.
  这表明中国的诡计，不管它是什么，将会在世界上继续存在。
• I wanna know what kind of shenanigans you're up to.
  我想知道你在耍什么诡计。
• 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。
• I swear to God I'll pistol-whip the next guy that says," shenanigans. "
  我向上帝发誓，我要毙了下一个说“诡计”的家伙