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mischief ['mistʃif]

n. 损害, 伤害, 灾祸, 恶作剧, 淘气

[法] 损害, 伤害, 危害

mischief

[ noun ]

reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

<noun.act>

the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

<noun.attribute>

Mischief \Mis"chief\ (m[i^]s"ch[i^]f), n. [OE. meschef bad
result, OF. meschief; pref. mes- (L. minus less) + chief end,
head, F. chef chief. See {Minus}, and {Chief}.]
1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or
vexation caused by human agency or by some living being,
intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial
evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. --Chaucer.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. --Ps. lii. 2.

The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from
many mischiefs. --Fuller.

2. Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble. --Milton.

The mischief was, these allies would never allow
that the common enemy was subdued. --Swift.

{To be in mischief}, to be doing harm or causing annoyance.

{To make mischief}, to do mischief, especially by exciting
quarrels.

{To play the mischief}, to cause great harm; to throw into
confusion. [Colloq.]

Syn: Damage; harm; hurt; injury; detriment; evil; ill.

Usage: {Mischief}, {Damage}, {Harm}. Damage is an injury
which diminishes the value of a thing; harm is an
injury which causes trouble or inconvenience; mischief
is an injury which disturbs the order and consistency
of things. We often suffer damage or harm from
accident, but mischief always springs from perversity
or folly.

Mischief \Mis"chief\, v. t.
To do harm to. [Obs.] --Milton.

Frank Joseph Smithart, 19, apologized for the vandalism and pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal mischief for defacing the entrances to the two buildings.
Cezar was booked on first-degree robbery, criminal mischief and criminal trespassing, said police Sgt. Greg Phares.
Vertullo was charged with burglary, possessing instruments of crime, criminal mischief, attempted escape, resisting arrest and conspiracy.
("A Lady and Her Cigar," Barbara D. Phillips, editorial page, April 1.) Would that such mischief represented general womanly desires.
He also declined to dismiss the felony charge of criminal mischief and two other misdemeanors, reckless endangerment and negligent discharge of oil.
Then Gov. James R. Thompson - "motivated by nothing but a desire for mischief," Stephan said - vetoed a bill that would have killed the party by merging it with the Democratic Party.
"In failing to reflect what we have forgotten and what we have learned, it invites mischief, rebellion and anarchy.
A man accused of setting his ex-wife's boyfriend on fire was ordered to stand trial for possession of an illegal weapon and criminal mischief, officials said.
So mischief is always a possibility.
Hazelwood was acquitted in Anchorage Superior court of charges of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol and felony criminal mischief.
Cuba, facing a cutoff of Soviet aid, no longer will have the means to sow mischief in the Caribbean Basin.
An Alaska jury acquitted Hazelwood on Thursday of charges of being drunk, recklessness and criminal mischief in connection with the nearly 11 million gallon spill in Prince William Sound one year ago Saturday.
He faces a felony charge of criminal mischief and misdemeanor charges of operating a vessel while intoxicated, reckless endangerment and negligent discharge of oil.
If convicted of the three felony counts of second-degree criminal mischief, Hazelwood could face up to 15 years in jail and $150,000 in fines.
Hazelwood, 43, faces a felony charge of criminal mischief and misdemeanor charges of operating a vessel while intoxicated, reckless endangerment and negligent discharge of oil.
Stanley Watin, 49, of Etna, was treated for chest injuries at a hospital and later arraigned on a charge of second-degree criminal mischief, said Ithaca Police Sgt. David Barnes.
The 43-year-old former skipper is charged with second-degree criminal mischief, a felony, and three misdemeanors, reckless endangerment, operating a vessel while intoxicated and negligent discharge of oil.
Brett D. Byers, 19, was charged with two counts of deliberate homicide, felony criminal mischief and reckless driving after he was arrested in East Helena following a high-speed chase.
The president and his chief lieutenants bear major responsibility for the unchecked growth of Saddam's appetite and capacity for serious mischief.
The two boys were charged Sunday as juvenile delinquents with arson, burglary and criminal mischief, said Sgt. Raymond O'Donnell, a police spokesman.
The state also is prosecuting former tanker skipper Joseph Hazelwood on felony criminal mischief and other charges stemming from the spill.
The one-hour show is filmed on location in Europe _ London one week, then off to Paris, Rome, Greece and other romantic places. It's all picturesque background for Whitton and Andrews to get into mischief and swap roundhouse punches and makeup kisses.
After the March 28 incident police opened two separate investigations, one for a misdemeanor terroristic threat handled by the homicide division and one for third-degree felony criminal mischief handled by the burglary detail.
The vandal could be charged with criminal mischief, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The man charged with felony criminal mischief in the poisoning has been waging a battle of his own.
Each was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and criminal mischief in a 1981 trial in Norristown, Pa. Sentences ranged up to 3-to-10-year prison terms.
John Updike's Brazil is described as 'erotic joy and criminal mischief, politics and sorcery'(Hamish Hamilton).
"I was the ringleader, always devising some mischief," he wrote in his recent autobiography, "Against the Grain." His aspirations to leadership are based on a long history of persuading others to join in sometimes mischievous adventures.
There is "no evidence of arbitrary whim, or of gerrymander or of racial mischief" in the composition, the officials added.
Morano pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in the third degree, a felony, and admitted that he had done the actual spray-painting.

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