| 释义 |
mischievousness|ˈmɪstʃɪvəsnɪs|
[-ness.]
The quality or condition of being mischievous; injuriousness, harmfulness, perniciousness.
1567Lucres & Eurialus G ij b (Roxb.) 150 Myscheuousnes be not too be encreased but too be lessed. 1647Trapp Comm. Rev. xii. 3 A Dragon the devil is called..for his mischievousnesse. a1715Burnet Own Time iii. (1724) I. 525 Many were sensible of the mischievousness of such a precedent. 1790Marshall Rur. Econ. Midl. 56 A striking instance of the..mischievousness of mice. 1829Bentham Justice & Cod. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 3 The system..would remain as it does in all its mischievousness. 1884Manch. Exam. 1 Dec. 5/4 The tendency to scandal-mongering..only equalled..in mischievousness by the spirit of rationalism.
Add: Also, playfulness, liveliness.
1938R. K. Narayan Dark Room i. 17 ‘That's all you care for us poor folk,’ Ramani said with an elaborate mischievousness. 1986G. Josipovici Contre-Jour i. 63 The intensity of his gaze, its unquenched mischievousness. |