中英互译
jiggery-pokery
英 /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri/美 /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpoʊkəri/
基本释义
- n.欺骗
双语例句
- The company did not print the money to buy government bonds but a degree of financial jiggery-pokery was still involved.公司并未采取印钞买债的做法,不过还是包含一定程度的金融欺诈。
- Such jurisdictional jiggery-pokery is made possible in part by the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), which lets foreigners bring alleged violations of international law before American courts.根据《外国人侵权索赔法案》——该法案允许外国人将涉嫌侵犯国际法的部分带到美国法庭上,此类司法管辖权欺诈在某种程度上是可能的。
网络短语
- Jiggery Pokery字体
同义词
英英释义
- n.verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
词源
- jiggery-pokery骗局词源不详,可能来自jigger同韵俚语,即jiggle,晃动,摇摆,引申词义骗局。