词汇 | jiggery-pokery |
释义 | jiggery-pokeryjig·ger·y-po·ker·y /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri $ -ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE informalDISHONEST secret dishonest activity to make something seem what it is not 诈骗;骗局 There’s been some jiggery-pokery with the figures. 这些数字被做了手脚。 Examples from the Corpus jiggery-pokery• This kind of jiggery-pokery does them a disservice.• But according to these figures there's been some jiggery-pokery with the room rates. |
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