chicanery (n.) 1610s, "legal quibbling, sophistry, mean or petty tricks,"from French chicanerie "trickery," from chicaner "to pettifog, quibble" (15c.), which is of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle Low German schikken "to arrange, bring about," or from the name of a golf-like ...
tā zhè rén zhuān huì tōu jiān qǔ qiǎo zuò shì quán píng yī zhāng zuǐ 他这人专会偷奸取巧,做事全凭一张嘴。 He is a smooth talker, and resorts to chicanery for personal gain as a matter of course. synonym tóu jī qǔ qiǎo投机取巧 ...
What part of speech is chicanery? What part of speech is coincide? What part of speech is through? What part of speech is gyre? What part of speech is look? What part of speech is unique? What part of speech is try? What part of speech is an appositive?
1 :firm adherenceto a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility. 2 : an unimpaired condition : soundness. 3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness. What does God say about integrity? Know the truth and live it:Declare me innocent, O Lord...
It can cause deep anxiety, uncertainty, political chicanery and other trouble for the news of seeking a mid-career transition to reach the wrong ears at the wrong time — particularly as it tends to be a prolonged, uncertain process.Seeking a jobvs.moving with a signed contractare different ...
8) When I revisit the question of “what does success mean to me?” today I find that the answer is to be able to laugh, half-darkly, at myself—at my faults, my strengths, and the profound and the idiotic experiences of my life. I’ve found ways to both take my life seriously...
Whatever blend of liberal arrogance and conservative chicanery is to blame, the gulf between intellectuals and our fellow citizens is very wide. What’s more, we wily intellectuals allegedly have designs on everything our stalwart countrymen hold dear. In concert with power-hungry liberal politicians...
But does this all of this hold true in the real world, or is it some kind of economic chicanery? Let’s check the facts. Equations [2] and [3] above are not based on economic theory. They are accounting identities that always “add up” in the real world. So let’s firm up the...
While there, I witnessed a lot of dishonesty and chicanery in the cancer research field. What still stands out, particularly, is that some of the contributing cancer research centers started looking into using the body’s immunity. This was made in the mid-1970’s. What happened, is that ...
is because the substance substituted had enough characteristics of the right one that for Chinese culture they were the same. It’s not just trickery. It’s a very old way of thinking. If it were trickery and chicanery it could be extirpated from the process, and arguably they wouldn’t ...