monkey business
短语胡闹
发音
UK
/ˈmʌŋkɪ ˌbɪznɪs/
AU
UK
/-nɪz/
UK
/-nəs/
UK
/-nəz/
US
/ˈmʌŋki ˌbɪznɪs/
US
/ˈməŋ-/
US
/-nɪz/
US
/-nəs/
US
/-nəz/
释义与例句
n.
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1.
Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting.
恶作剧
鬼名堂
胡闹
习语 非正式 不可数Stop all this monkey business and do your homework!
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2.
Activity that is morally questionable or even mildly illegal.
习语 非正式 不可数She wondered what sort of monkey business her neighbour was up to, sneaking out of his house at 1:00 am.
词汇关系
词源
From monkey + business, probably a calque of Bengali বাঁদরামি (bãdrami, “mischief”, literally “monkey-behaviour”), from বাঁদর (bãdor, “monkey”) + -আমি (-ami, suffix forming nouns referring to the properties, qualities, or states of the words to which it is attached), from the perception that monkeys behave mischievously.
来源：wiktionary