monkey business
/ˈmʌŋki ˌbɪznɪs/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
鬼把戲
字面意思: «猴子的把戲»
意思
dishonest or unacceptable behaviour
不正當或不像話的行為.
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.
文法
不可數:不加 a,也沒有複數詞尾。常用在 some、any 或 no 之後,也常與 go on 連用。
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