dirty trick

基本解釋

The collage was a dirty trick designed to derail John Kerry’s campaign.
這張假相片是用來陰謀擾亂約翰·克里總統(tǒng)競選的詭計。
A favorite dirty trick: making anonymous phone calls to the IRS, accusing enemies of income-tax cheating and thereby inducing the IRS to audit them.
他們最喜歡用的卑鄙手段是：給國稅局打匿名電話，指控自己的敵人在所得稅上存在欺詐行為，從而引得國稅局去對他們進(jìn)行審計。
Lithuania is a hugely pro-American country, and many might think that turning the odd dirty trick for the country’s most important ally was nothing to get too excited about.
立陶宛是非常親美的國家，很多人可能會認(rèn)為，對該國最重要的盟友玩弄這套卑鄙齷齪的古怪把戲無異于一種癲狂癥。

There's just no dirty trick that anybody fails to do if it can.
各種卑鄙戰(zhàn)術(shù),無所不用其極
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This cannot be written off as just one more political dirty trick.
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It was a populist move and I never would have expected this kind of dirty trick coming from a respectable newspaper like The Economist.
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Was it a dirty trick by Mike?
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You describe the actions of an organization or political group as dirty tricks when you think they are using illegal methods to harm the reputation or effectiveness of their rivals.