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单词 crookedness
释义
crookedness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkrʊk.ɪd.nəs/us
/ˈkrʊk.ɪd.nəs/

crookednessnoun[U](DISHONESTY)

thefactof beingdishonestorcriminal:
不诚实；狡诈
Peoplefeeluneasyabout the crookedness of thepoliticalsystem.人们对政治制度的扭曲深感不安。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dishonest
  • artificiality
  • bad faith
  • be rotten to the coreidiom
  • bent
  • cowboy
  • dubious
  • dubiously
  • false
  • finagle
  • fishy
  • knavery
  • louche
  • low-down
  • malfeasance
  • mendacious
  • sugar-coated
  • under false pretencesphrase
  • underhand
  • unreliable
  • unscrupulous
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Crime - general words

crookednessnoun[U](BEING BENT)

thefactthat something is notstraightorregularinshape:
弯曲；不规则
the crookedness of histeeth他牙齿的不规则
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bending, twisting and curving
  • ball up
  • bendy
  • bent
  • bowed
  • buckle
  • crook
  • flex
  • flexion
  • flexure
  • fluted
  • intertwine
  • matted
  • meander
  • sinuous
  • tortuously
  • tortuousness
  • true
  • twiddly
  • twine
  • wring
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(Definition ofcrookednessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrookedness

crookedness
How often does one read of company directors going to gaol for thiscrookednessand wickedness of robbing poor people of their hard-earned cash?
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I think this proposal lends itself to great laxity and evencrookednessin administration, and there is a great deal of make-believe about it.
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If we add that to thecrookednessof somebody who is going to get money by cheating, that makes it very difficult for people to see through.
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Thecrookednessof each of these is removed more easily than in the one preceding it.
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The railroad became known throughout the area for itscrookednessand later became a tourist attraction.
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Eccentricity of the load, or imperfections such as initialcrookedness, decreases column strength.
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The fact that he was also an intelligent man does nt really mitigate thecrookedness, or the carrying on of the war.
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He could only use hiscrookednessto make a buck or two at the expense of the poor villagers.
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Thecrookednessmentioned throughout the poem can be interpreted as feeling sad, or out of place.
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