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 shady ['ʃeidi]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 荫凉的, 成荫的, 阴暗的, 隐蔽的

[法] 成问题的, 令人怀疑的




    shady
    shadier, shadiest
    [ adj ]
    1. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous

      2. <adj.all>
      a shady operation
    2. of questionable taste or morality

      3. <adj.all>
      a louche nightclub
      a louche painting
    3. not as expected

      4. <adj.all>
      there was something fishy about the accident
      up to some funny business
      some definitely queer goings-on
      a shady deal
      her motives were suspect
      suspicious behavior
    4. filled with shade

      5. <adj.all>
      the shady side of the street
      the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
      we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
      cool umbrageous woodlands


    Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. {Shadier}; superl. {Shadiest}.]
    1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade;
    causing shade.

    The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job.
    xl. 22.

    And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden.

    2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

    Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for
    summer and warm for winter. --Bacon.

    3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be
    seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory;
    equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady
    character; -- of people or activities. [Colloq.] ``A shady
    business.'' --London Sat. Rev.

    Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London
    Spectator.

    {On the shady side of}, on the thither side of; as, on the
    shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.]


    {To keep shady}, to stay in concealment; also, to be
    reticent. [Slang]

    1. Since direct marketing first landed in Japan more than 20 years ago, shady salesmen selling everything from futon mattresses to English-language cassettes have duped crowds of gullible consumers.
    2. As a result, I have been scared of whole groups of plants because they are supposed to prefer a shady existence.
    3. Karol returns to Poland to rebuild his life and fortune - in shady real estate deals - after first faking death and assuming a new identity.
    4. Prosecution briefs unsealed earlier showed the government building a claim that Swindall plotted to lie publicly about a shady loan deal, then did lie about it.
    5. PACs have always had a shady reputation as the billfolds of special interests, but the evidence is mounting that they do far more damage as a mainstay of congressional incumbents, especially members of the House.
    6. They enjoy shady places but will grow right out in the open and are totally unfussy about soil.
    7. The appeal raises several major issues for securities-law cases, including the scope of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law and just what makes a shady securities transaction illegal.
    8. In the end, higher bills and higher boardroom salaries helped give privatisation a rather shady reputation.
    9. When the first franchise was awarded in 1959, the name was changed to Ramada, a Spanish word meaning "shady resting place" and applied to an open, gazebo-like structure offering shade in treeless areas.
    10. After several terrifying years, he was finally shipped off to the U.S. in a complex exchange involving a New York Times correspondent and a shady Soviet diplomat.
    11. Only three years ago, the banks successfully turned back a push for tougher legislation, arguing that moral persuasion through a code of honor was more effective than law enforcement in banishing shady dealings.
    12. Well, it seems that a shady character resembling the TV detective Columbo has enlisted them to help find his lost son.
    13. But on the whole this remains the genuine thing, a Nubian market used by local people for everyday purchases. Under shady awnings that overhang the street there are oranges, lemons and tangerines sitting in tall, geometrically perfect pyramids.
    14. Mr. Morales has made a living in this shady business for decades.
    15. The rich people who prospered under a succession of dictators, made their homes up there; and they are unhappy. Water is abundant among the shady patios, the bougainvillaea, and the landscaped gardens.
    16. Prosecution briefs unsealed Monday for the perjury trial of former U.S. Rep. Pat Swindall show the government hopes to show that he plotted how he would lie publicly about a shady loan deal.
    17. "It's back to the old days of corralling shady operators of boiler rooms pitching Florida land deals, instead of pillars of the community in blue-chip firms," says a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan now in private practice.
    18. The forest will be shady, capercallies gliding between the great pines; humans will play a part as mushroom-gatherers harvesting the fruits of the forest floor.
    19. Over the years, holdings dwindled as land allotted to individual members was sold in what tribal historians say often were shady or fraudulent deals.
    20. The trust's translations of Indian works include such books as "Tin Malayalam Natak" and the Punjabi version of "Three Malayalam Plays," set in the shady jungles of Kerala.
    21. Take Paris' venerable Louvre Museum, add a painting by a 17th century Spanish master, stir in convicted fortune hunters, shady lawyers and the mysterious death of a wealthy heiress.
    22. He played Buddy Lutz, a slightly shady lawyer who adds the name of Eisenhower to his struggling, one-man law office in an attempt to add some class.
    23. Schoolgirls in blue sarongs and white blouses pedalled their bikes along shady, motor-free streets, smiling at strangers.
    24. "We don't have any money, we don't have any press, we don't have any advertising," he said on the bench in a quiet, shady corner of Sokolniki Park in northeast Moscow.
    25. Even so, no one expects shady trading habits to end immediately.
    26. The affair is more than a year old, but the LDP has played it up, and unearthed more suspicions about an allegedly shady share purchase, to test how vulnerable Mr Hosokawa is.
    27. Park the car in a shady area and roll down the windows to let the hot air out before getting into it.
    28. The grand jury speculated that her motivation may have been fear of punishment from her mother's boyfriend for her late nights out, and that drugs and her relationships with shady characters may have played a role, the Times said.
    29. Senior leader Deng Xiaoping's son Deng Pufang formerly headed a business concern that has been accused of shady dealings.
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