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单词 mischief
释义
mischief
noun
uk
/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/us
/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/
[U]
behaviour,especiallya child's, that isslightlybadbut is notintendedtocauseseriousharmordamage:
（尤指儿童的）恶作剧，淘气，捣蛋
She's alivelylittlegirl,fullof mischief.她是一个活泼好动的小姑娘，特别爱淘气。
Heneedsahobbytokeephimbusyandstophim fromgetting intomischief.他需要培养一个爱好让他有事可忙，不再调皮捣蛋。
Maybe a newbikewouldkeephimout ofmischief.也许一辆新自行车会让他不再淘气。
Ihopeyou haven't beenup toany mischief while I was gone.我希望我不在时你没有搞什么恶作剧。
[CorU]
damageorharm, or anactthatcausesdamageorharm:
criminalmischief刑事毁坏
Thecountryshouldtrytoremedyitspast mischiefs.
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Idioms

dosomeone/yourselfa mischief
make mischief
(Definition ofmischieffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
mischief
noun
uk
/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/us
/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/
[U]
behaviour,especiallya child's, that isslightlybadbut is notintendedtocauseseriousharmordamage
（尤指儿童的）恶作剧，淘气，捣蛋
She's alivelylittlegirl,fullof mischief.她是一个活泼好动的小姑娘，特别爱淘气。
Heneedsahobbytokeephimbusyandstophim fromgetting intomischief.他需要培养一个爱好让他有事可忙，不再调皮捣蛋。
Maybe a newbikewouldkeephimout ofmischief.也许一辆新自行车会让他不再淘气。
Ihopeyou haven't beenup toany mischief while I was gone.我希望我不在时你没有搞什么恶作剧。
[U]informal
damageorharm
损害；伤害；危害
criminalmischief刑事毁坏

Idioms

dosb/yourselfa mischief
make mischief

mischief| American Dictionary

mischief
noun[U]
us
/ˈmɪs·tʃəf/
behavior,esp. of achild, that isslightlybadorcausestroublebut is notintendedtoharmanyone:
Some of theneighborhoodkidslike to get into mischief.
She’s acutelittlegirl, butfullof mischief.
(Definition ofmischieffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmischief

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We need legislation appropriate to cover a variety of different situations and mischiefs that cause problems in local communities.
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All sorts of conceivable mischiefs have been conjured up with regard to this regulation.
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The validity of whatever the legislation is applies equally, irrespective of the prevalence or otherwise of the mischiefs that the legislation attempts to prevent.
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Seeing that the burden is falling upon the taxpayer it ought to be administered locally, otherwise great mischiefs may arise.
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We find ourselves in the 1990s with new, well-defined mischiefs that the law does not address at all or does not address with any certainty.
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We have concentrated on the real mischiefs that need to be addressed in terms of international crime.
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There are already provisions in place to combat mischiefs of this sort.
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A continuance of the present system will be filled with a thousand evils and innumerable mischiefs.
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The mischiefs involved in the present system of agricultural support have gone on too long.
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I accept that there are evils and mischiefs here which need to be addressed.
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What encourages them is inefficiency and extravagance, and the only way to correct those mischiefs is to discuss and to have full information.
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The worst mischiefs which arise from clubs are largely due to providing liquor at hours when it cannot be got at public-houses.
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I may, of course, have exaggerated the mischiefs.
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We should not let present mischiefs go unchecked for 10 years while we debate freedom of information, privacy and confidentiality.
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I do not conceal from myself that it is in the nature of a compromise, with all the mischiefs of compromises.
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