shyster

FREQ #41904

n. 讼棍 [法] 奸诈的律师, 讼棍, 不择手段的人

发音

UK /ˈʃaɪs.tə(ɹ)/
其它
US /ˈʃaɪs.tɚ/

词形变化

shysters 复数 shysters shystered shystering shysters 三单 shystering 现在分词 shystered 过去式 shystered 过去分词

别名

schister scheister sheister schyster shister shaista shiester schiester

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.

v.
  1. 1.

    To act in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To exploit (someone or something) in this way.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pettifogger

上位词 2

offender wrongdoer

词源

US origin, 19th century. The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "of obscure origin," possibly deriving from a historical sense of shy meaning "disreputable", equivalent to shy + -ster. Other sources suggest the word derives from shicer, from the German Scheißer (“incompetent worthless person”), from scheißen (“to defecate”), probably influenced by -ster. Not related to shylock.

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