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troublemaker

/truhb-uhl-mey-ker/US // ˈtrʌb əlˌmeɪ kər //UK // (ˈtrʌbəlˌmeɪkə) //

捣蛋鬼,捣蛋的人,麻烦的人,捣蛋者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.

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Examples

  • Months later, he purged the state party of troublemakers ahead of what would be his final re-election bid in 2016.

  • The union reminded flight attendants that the best solution is to keep potential troublemakers off planes.

  • If other leaders are tone-policing you, and you’re too loud, you’re like a troublemaker—we all know that’s what happens to people like me—then if someone defends you, they’re obviously going to also be a problem for the other leaders.

  • Last year, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong used the occasion to don Halloween-themed masks at a time the city’s government had banned face coverings to make it easier to identify troublemakers.

  • I am happy to report that our listenership includes plenty of troublemakers as well as smoothers-over.

  • Trailblazing comedian and troublemaker Joan Rivers died on Thursday at the age of 81.

  • The Nasty Gal queen went from troublemaker to CEO of a million-dollar company in just a few years.

  • “Broken” is the first song the Canadian troublemaker unleashed.

  • In later years, Mandela would translate it with mingled pride and self-deprecating humor as “troublemaker.”

  • Ted Cruz is known as a right-wing troublemaker, but he is tame compared to his dad.

  • We don't know whether you're working for him or not, but you're a troublemaker.

  • Brownie was a troublemaker, Brownie talked too much, Brownie philosophized in a world that ridiculed philosophy.

  • Yet the bloody shirt lingered long as a troublemaker, and was invoked by both parties.

  • Well, I can hardly be called a troublemaker, and you had a pretty peaceful time with me.

  • In such cases, Investigations had stepped in and the Martian or Earthling troublemaker had been sent to the rare-earth mines.