a nasty piece of workBritish EnglishBrEUNPLEASANT someone who is dishonest, violent, or likely to cause trouble 不诚实的人;凶暴的人;易惹麻烦的人a nasty piece of work• Cyril and Wyatt had gone around together with that other boy, that Donald, who was a nasty piece of work.• You'd best steer clear of him, Manderley, he's a nasty piece of work.
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