mischief
英 ['m?st??f]
美['m?st??f]
- n. 惡作??；傷害；頑皮；不和
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?mischiefs;
中文詞源
mischief 淘氣，惡作劇，惡意，傷害
mis-,壞的，錯(cuò)的，不好的，-chief,頭，詞源同captain,chief.此處用于比喻義發(fā)生，露頭，即壞事發(fā)生的苗頭，不幸，厄運(yùn)，惡意，傷害。后詞義弱化為指小孩淘氣，惡作劇。
英英釋意
- 1. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- 2. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
英文詞源
- mischief
- mischief: [13] Etymologically, mischief is something that ‘happens amiss’. The word comes from Old French meschef, a derivative of the verb meschever ‘meet with misfortune’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix mis- ‘wrongly, amiss’ and chever ‘happen’ (which came ultimately from Latin caput ‘head’, and etymologically meant ‘come to a head’). It still meant ‘misfortune’ when English acquired it; in the 14th century the sense ‘harm, damage’ emerged, but the more trivial modern sense ‘naughtiness’ did not develop until the 18th century.
- mischief (n.)
- c. 1300, "evil condition, misfortune, need, want," from Old French meschief "misfortune, harm, trouble; annoyance, vexation" (12c., Modern French méchef), verbal noun from meschever "come or bring to grief, be unfortunate" (opposite of achieve), from mes- "badly" (see mis- (2)) + chever "happen, come to a head," from Vulgar Latin *capare "head," from Latin caput "head" (see capitulum). Meaning "harm or evil considered as the work of some agent or due to some cause" is from late 15c. Sense of "playful malice" first recorded 1784.
Mischief Night in 19c. England was the eve of May Day and of Nov. 5, both major holidays, and perhaps the original point was pilfering for the next day's celebration and bonfire; but in Yorkshire, Scotland, and Ireland the night was Halloween. The useful Middle English verb mischieve (early 14c.) has, for some reason, fallen from currency.
詞組搭配
do someone (或 oneself) a mischief
[informal]injure someone or oneself
傷害（他人或自己）
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- Those children are always getting into mischief .
- 那些孩子總是淘氣。
牛津詞典
- I try to keep out of mischief .
- 我盡量不胡鬧。
牛津詞典
- It's very quiet upstairs; they must be up to some mischief !
- 樓上很安靜。他們一定在搞什么惡作劇。
牛津詞典
- Her eyes were full of mischief.
- 她眼睛里滿是使壞的神情。
牛津詞典
- The incident caused a great deal of political mischief.
- 這一事件造成了嚴(yán)重的政治危害。
牛津詞典
- Watch how you use those scissors─you could do yourself a mischief!
- 看你那是怎么用剪刀啊——你會(huì)傷著自己的！
牛津詞典
- The little lad was a real handful. He was always up to mischief...
- 這個(gè)小家伙真是難管教，他總是搞惡作劇。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Boys at that age should be able to explore and go off on their own, go on bike rides, get into mischief...
- 那個(gè)年齡的男孩應(yīng)該可以自己出去闖，也可以騎車出游，還可以調(diào)皮搗蛋。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The more sinister explanation is that he is about to make mischief in the Middle East again...
- 更為險(xiǎn)惡的解釋是，他準(zhǔn)備再次在中東地區(qū)制造事端。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- They withdrew their support after the President described the conference as a platform to cause political mischief.
- 在總統(tǒng)稱這次大會(huì)是在制造政治事端之后，他們便撤回了對(duì)這次會(huì)議的支持。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The reason is that an outmoded and conservative notion is doing mischief in their minds.
- 這是一種陳舊的保守的觀點(diǎn)在這些同志的頭腦中作怪的緣故.
期刊摘選
- He seems to intend mischief.
- 看來(lái)他想搗蛋.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Better once a mischief than ever an inconvenience.
- 寧可一次災(zāi)害,不愿麻煩常來(lái).
期刊摘選
- I knew there was mischief brewing, I felt it, and now it's worse than I imagined.
- 我曉得苗頭不對(duì), 我已經(jīng)覺(jué)察出來(lái)了, 現(xiàn)在,情況比我想象的還壞.
辭典例句
- Who set him on to do this piece of mischief?
- 是誰(shuí)唆使他去做這件害人的事?
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The storm worked great mischief.
- 這場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨造成了巨大的損害.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- He who is disposed for mischief will never want occasion.
- 存心要使壞,不怕沒(méi)機(jī)會(huì).
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- She was always making mischief between them.
- 她總是在他們之間撥弄是非.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Keep out of mischief.
- 不要頑皮.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- What mischief are you up to?
- 你在搗什么鬼?
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The mischief is that he did it without permission.
- 錯(cuò)處就在他做這事末經(jīng)許可.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Her eyes were full of mischief.
- 她的眼睛里充滿了調(diào)皮的神情.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- One mischief comes on the neck of another.
- 禍不單行.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- He just did so for mischief.
- 他這樣做純粹是為了使壞.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Boys are fond of mischief.
- 男孩子們喜歡惡作劇.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- The mischief arose from irresponsible gossip.
- 這種不幸的事是因無(wú)聊的閑話而引起的.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- There is carelessness, but no mischief.
- 有些粗心, 并無(wú)惡意.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》