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单词 mischief-making
释义
mischief-making
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmɪs.tʃɪfˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈmɪs.tʃɪfˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/
theactivityofintentionallycausingproblemsforpeople:
搬弄是非，挑拨离间，制造不和
HeaccusedJames of mischief-making byraisingallegationsagainst Mr Aitken.他指责詹姆斯先生控告艾特肯先生意在挑拨离间。
Synonym
devilmentold-fashioned
See also
mischief
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad and wrong behaviour
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  • atyourworstidiom
  • beup to no goodidiom
  • go off the railsidiom
  • go round
  • impossible
  • in flagrante
  • incorrigible
  • rakish
  • rakishly
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(Definition ofmischief-makingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmischief-making

mischief-making
It is extraordinarily vague and has the potential for great confusion, disruption andmischief-making.
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It is precisely that type of politicalmischief-makingthat so enormously depresses the 1 million people who work in the health service.
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That statement is the worst sort ofmischief-making.
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The opportunity for malice andmischief-makingis encouraged by establishing a timetable of that kind.
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Does my noble friend agree that that is part of themischief-makingof this pre-election period?
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It would be a recipe formischief-makingand would be in no one's interest.
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The idle hands have turned themselves from self-aggrandisement tomischief-making.
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At the same time one has to assume a certain amount of natural exuberance and extravagant language when they aremischief-makingabout the world.
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I believe that this lack, or this gap, offers a fertile vacuum formischief-making.
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Therefore, there is little scope formischief-makinghere.
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I am not a lawyer, butmischief-makingis another matter.
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But they are not only ignorant, they are wickedly malicious andmischief-making, too.
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Is it not foolishness andmischief-makingto believe that the position has got worse as a result of the agreement?
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There has been an awful lot ofmischief-makingin the press about the matter.
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The only object of the exercise could have been to try to get the maximum publicity for amischief-makingsordid manoeuvre.
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