monkey business

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌŋkɪ ˌbɪznɪs/|/-nɪz/|[-nəs]|[-nəz]    美 /ˈmʌŋki ˌbɪznɪs/|/ˈməŋ-/|/-nɪz/|[-nəs]|[-nəz]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting. idiomatic,informal,uncountable
    — Stop all this monkey business and do your homework!
  2. Activity that is morally questionable or even mildly illegal. idiomatic,informal,uncountable
    — 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

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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.
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