spiv

英汉释义

• n.

  1.不务正业靠投机取巧度日的人

  2.懒汉

英英释义

• n.

  1.an offensive term for a man whose way of dressing is considered ostentatiously stylish and whose integrity is doubted

  2.an insulting word for a working-class man who dresses in fashionable or expensive clothes in order to impress people

  3.an insulting word for a man who makes money by buying and selling things illegally

英汉例句

• 1.My advice to academics if they get approached by some City spiv is to say, 'Son, there's the door. '

  如果哪位学者受到游手好闲的伦敦金融城人士的拜访，我建议学者们对他们说：‘小子，请出去！’

• 2.Entrepreneur: an inpidual who takes risks to build a business; as opposed to a spiv who should not be trusted.

  企业家：冒着风险创建企业的个人；而非不可信赖、不务正业、投机取巧的骗子。

• 3.Don't pin your faith on his promises; he is known to be a spiv.

  不要相信他的承诺，大家都知道他是个骗子。

• 4.Take the first left and the spiv will give you a poster.

  伸左手，一个游手好闲的人会给你一张海报。