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单词 chicanery
释义
chicanery
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ʃɪˈkeɪ.nər.i/us
/ʃɪˈkeɪ.nɚ.i/
clever,dishonesttalkorbehaviourthat is used todeceivepeople:
诡辩；诡计；欺诈
Theinvestigationrevealedpoliticalchicanery andcorruptionat thehighestlevels.调查揭露出了最高层的政治欺诈和腐败。
Synonyms
guileformal
trickerydisapproving
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(Definition ofchicaneryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

chicanery| American Dictionary

chicanery
noun[U]
us
/ʃɪˈkeɪ·nə·ri,tʃɪ-/
dishonestbutattractivetalkorbehaviorthat is used todeceivepeople:
Theinvestigationhasrevealedpoliticalchicanery andcorruptionat thehighestlevels.
(Definition ofchicaneryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchicanery

chicanery
It was a brilliant piece of politicalchicanery.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The political game everywhere involves manipulation andchicanery, deals and betrayals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This was made worse by the politicalchicanerysurrounding peace organisations in a country at war.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is, the subjects judged deletion to be more likely in nursery than in cursory, in memory than in mammary, in scenery than inchicanery, and so on.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I find that there are no limits to thechicanery, dishonesty and callousness with which this matter of obtaining vacant possession is approached.
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Many democracies have fallen and are falling, some of them because of party conspiracies andchicanery.
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We have had a lot of words, "sordid", "cheat", "fraudulent", "chicanery", "gerrymander", "sham", "tricksters", and "nincompoop".
From the
Hansard archive
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But there should be no kind ofchicaneryor flat-rate payments made when the travel expenses are claimed later.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It was almost 20 years before this simple and unsophisticated people tumbled to suchchicaneryand began to ask for recompense.
From the
Hansard archive
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My amendments would mean that fewer votes would be wasted; there would be less opportunity forchicanery.
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I regret thechicaneryearlier this evening that resulted in a clause not being debated.
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I say that because the whole of the debate has been conceived and developed in a mood ofchicanery.
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They have their virtues, but among their virtues is not verbalchicanery.
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That will lead to a great deal of political jobbery andchicanery.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is an absolute scandal,chicaneryof the worst sort.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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