Word
mischievousness
/ˈmɪstʃɪvəsnɪs/
noun
淘气；调皮；恶作剧
The quality of being mischievous; a tendency to play tricks or cause minor trouble.
- 1.
The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief.
调皮；顽皮；爱恶作剧的特性。
调皮；顽皮；爱恶作剧的特性。；恶作剧
In use
The toddler's mischievousness led her to hide her mother's keys under the couch.
The puppy's mischievousness was evident when it chewed up the slippers and then hid them.
Despite her age, her mischievousness still showed in the playful tricks she played on friends.
display/show mischievousness
后常接in+地点/情境。
The child often displays mischievousness in class.
这个孩子经常在课堂上表现恶作剧。
out of mischievousness
表示动机。
He hid the keys out of mischievousness.
他出于恶作剧藏起了钥匙。
with mischievousness
修饰动作方式。
She grinned with mischievousness.
她带着恶作剧地咧嘴笑。
Common mistakes
He is mischievousness.He is mischievous.
mischievousness 是名词，不能用作形容词；应使用形容词 mischievous。
He performed many mischievousnesses.He performed many mischievous acts.
mischievousness 通常不可数，不能加复数；应使用可数名词短语。
Connections
Confusing words
- mischief
- 恶作剧 · mischievousness强调顽皮的特质或性格，而mischief常指具体的恶作剧行为或造成的麻烦
- mischievous
- 恶作剧的，调皮的 · mischievousness是名词，表示顽皮的特质；mischievous是形容词，描述人或行为调皮
Word family
- mischievous
- 调皮的；淘气的；恶作剧的 · adjective
- mischievously
- 调皮地；恶作剧地 · adverb
- mischief
- 恶作剧；调皮行为 · noun
- mischief-maker
- 捣蛋鬼；惹是生非者 · noun
Learner notes
Grammar Note
不可数名词
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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