monkey business
/ˈmʌŋki ˌbɪznɪs/NEUTRAL · C1
中文对应近似对应
猫腻
字面意思: «猴子的把戏»
含义
dishonest or unacceptable behaviour
不正当或不像话的行为.
例句
- 1The referee suspected monkey business when the scoreboard changed during the break.
- 2No monkey business while I'm away; leave your sister's belongings alone.
- 3Someone had secretly altered the competition scores; the judge immediately suspected monkey business.
- 4Finding fake signatures on the club's receipts gave us evidence of monkey business.
- 5The players hiding extra cards under the table were clearly involved in monkey business.
语法
不可数:不加 a,也没有复数词尾。常用在 some、any 或 no 之后,也常与 go on 连用。
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