橘子朗文词典

hanky-panky

H 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌhæŋ.kɪˈpæŋ.ki]
  • 美式音标 [ˌhæŋ.kɪˈpæŋ.ki]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 愚弄； 欺詐； 擣鬼； 詭計

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • Even if there had been a bit of hanky-panky, said the court's judges, the result would have been the same.
    法官們甚至表示，哪怕事實上曾經存在過一些欺詐行爲，判決結果也將是一樣的。
  • Since my customers are such suckers, I can now engage in profitable hanky-panky and none will be the wiser.
    既然我的顧客們都如此沉迷於票據，那我可以略施小計額外掙點錢，沒有人能比我更聰明了。
  • Mr Godwin demolishes any idea that Mr Mugabe’s campaign was just a bit of electoral hanky-panky assisted by some local Zanu-PF enthusiasts going over the top.
    如果說，穆加貝縂統僅僅衹是耍了一點點選擧的欺詐手段，竝借用了非洲民族聯盟愛國陣線的一些地方狂熱分子的幫助來獲得最高寶座的話，古德溫先生則會駁倒任何類似的觀點。

    • 權威例句

  • The accounting profession's rules clearly failed to deal with earnings manipulation and corporate hanky-panky.
    FORBES: Why Everybody's Jumping On The Accountants These Days
  • Aside from stopping hanky-panky and waste, you'd think that the investors' champions on these boards would push for better performance.
    FORBES: Magazine Article
  • Even if there had been a bit of hanky-panky, said the court's judges, the result would have been the same.
    ECONOMIST: Nigeria

词组短语

    短語

  • hanky -panky tactics 卑鄙手段;手段拙劣
  • play hanky -panky with sb 繙譯;欺騙某人

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • unacceptable or dishonest behaviour, especially involving sexual activity or money

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you describe behaviour as hanky-panky, you disapprove of it because it is dishonest or breaks rules.
  • Hanky-panky is used to refer to sexual activity between two people, especially when this is regarded as improper or not serious.