| 单词 | stitch up |
| 释义 | stitch up1. phrasal verb To stitch someone up means to trick them so that they are put in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where they are blamed for something they have not done. [British, informal] He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him toprison. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun]2. phrasal verb To stitch up an agreement, especially a complicated agreement between several people, means to arrange it. [mainly British, informal] Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. stitch [sense 5] See full dictionary entry for stitchstitch-up also stitch up Word forms: plural stitch-ups countable noun [usually singular] If you describe a situation as a stitch-up, you mean that it has been arranged in a way that makes it unfair. [British, informal] My view is that this is a stitch up. stitch up in British Englishverb (tr, adverb) 1. to join or mend by means of stitches or sutures 2. slang a. to incriminate (someone) on a false charge by manufacturing evidence b. to betray, cheat, or defraud 3. slang to prearrange (something) in a clandestine manner noun stitch-up 4. slang a matter that has been prearranged clandestinely stitch-up in British English (ˈstɪtʃʌp) noun informal a matter that has been prearranged clandestinely My view is that this is a stitch-up. Chinese translation of 'stitch up'stitch upvt
stitch (stɪtʃ) n
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