mischievous的意思|mischievous的解释-里氏词典

mischievous ['mɪstʃɪvəs]

a. 淘气的, 有害的, 恶作剧的, 胡搅的

mischievous

[ adj ]

naughtily or annoyingly playful

<adj.all>

teasing and worrying with impish laughter

a wicked prank

deliberately causing harm or damage

<adj.all>

mischievous rumors and falsehoods

Mischievous \Mis"chie*vous\ (m[i^]s"ch[-e]*v[u^]s), a.
Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied
where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
mischievous child. ``Most mischievous foul sin.'' --Shak.

This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
mischievous to society. --South.

Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
destructive.
※ -- {Mis"chie*vous*ly}, adv. --
{Mis"chie*vous*ness}, n.

In tackling parts like the mischievous innkeeper's daughter in "Don Quixote" and the remote but passionate temple dancer in "La Bayadere," she offers less a portrayal than an impersonation.
A survey of teachers indicates most think they should be allowed to beat mischievous schoolgirls with canes.
To update the image of the high-tech brand, now the property of Thomson S.A., of France, the agency decided to include a mischievous puppy.
His claim to fame is such gently mischievous novels as "Changing Places," "Small World" and "Nice Work," which has just been issued in paperback.
Then comes a repeat of Blackadder II in which Miranda Richardson gives an unforgettable portrayal of Elizabeth I as a mischievous eight-year-old (10.00).
Wildlife includes albatrosses with 10-foot wingspans, colonies of seals and penguins, mischievous mountain parrots called keas and the reticent, flightless kiwi bird that has become the national symbol.
They produced a mischievous story about his party conference hotel bill.
"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.
In the first act only the frank scherzo-music had any spark; the playful and mischievous moments which need to enliven Tosca's scene with her lover came out like squeezed toothpaste. By contrast, the climaxes were often raw and overblown.
Bournonville's heroines are characteristically mischievous, merry and irresistibly feminine, soubrette roles rather than ballerina ones.
"Fresh Prince is not very different from Will Smith," he says. "He's fun-loving, mischievous and very handsome.
During the past year, the Japanese have splurged on everything having anything to do with the mischievous meister.
Rep. William Clay, D-Mo., suggested that Bartlett had something "mischievous" in mind when he offered the amendment.
Aquino's fragile government is asking for trouble by letting the mischievous Marcos back in the country, even if he is under lock and key.
I am sure it is apocryphal but if you promise not to tell anyone, then I will repeat it. In 1988 on the night of the third round of the US Masters, a couple of mischievous journalists came upon Sandy's enormous shoes in the clubhouse at Augusta.
Weakening this traditional system could make the bill less palatable to some lawmakers, and Rep. William Clay, D-Mo., suggested that since Bartlett is an outspoken foe of the measure he might have offered his plan for "mischievous" reasons.
David Waite said: "I think it is mischievous of people to put things like this (the alleged North plot) into books just to add a bit of spice to them.
The opening music has the mischievous gait of the old Pink Panther pictures (for which, incidentally, Mr. Williams designed the signature cartoon).
Now in his 70s he still has the face of a mischievous child, but the energy count is inevitably diminished.
Lafeyette has begun to hang around with a more mischievous group of kids that even he admits is the "wrong crowd."
"A mischievous book," says Robert Butler, head of geriatrics at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center.
But he may well have been too hopeful. A ministerial colleague - in admittedly mischievous mood after a good dinner -summed up the chancellor's predicament with a cruelly amusing metaphor.

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