chicanery

[英] [ʃɪˈkeɪnəri:, tʃɪ-] [美] [ʃɪˈkenəri, tʃɪ-] 生词本

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1. N-UNCOUNT 欺骗;诈骗 Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. 
Noun

1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

1. We still do;living in a world in which underclared aggression, war,hypocrisy,chicanery,anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to live by.
我们仍然有这种感觉;生活在一个不宣而战的侵略、战争、虚伪、诈骗、混乱以及迫在眉睫的杀戮充斥着我们日常生活的世界里,我们都想有一种能赖以生存的准则。

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