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单词 sleeveen
释义

Definition of sleeveen in English:

sleeveen

noun ˈsliːviːnsliːˈviːn
Irish informal
  • An untrustworthy or cunning person.

    〈爱尔兰,非正式〉靠不住的人,狡诈之徒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Science is too important to be left in the hands of the sleeveen politicians that thrive in university departments.
    • Brennan glided to power as general secretary of his party during the sleeveen Taoiseachship of Jack Lynch.
    • Indeed, blaming bad local governance and the existence of corrupt middlemen is like concluding that our sleeveens and gombeen-men of the 1840s were responsible for the Famine.
    • But for the sleeveen's litigious scam to work, all that is needed is for the rest of us still to trust each other just enough.
    Synonyms
    scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Irish slibhin 'trickster'.

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