crooks

英 [krʊks]

美 [krʊks]

n. 骗子; 臂弯; 肘弯; (旧时牧羊人捕羊的)曲柄杖
v. (手指或手臂)弯曲
crook的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 骗子;罪犯
Acrookis a dishonest person or a criminal.
1. The man is a crook and a liar...
  那人是个骗子，满嘴谎言。
2. Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
  唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但没犯过大事。
N-COUNT (肘或膝盖的)内侧
The crook ofyour arm or leg is the soft inside part where you bend your elbow or knee.
1. She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
  她把脸掩在臂弯里。
VERB 弯曲(手臂或手指)
If youcrookyour arm or finger, you bend it.
1. He crooked his finger: 'Come forward,' he said.
  他勾勾手指说：“过来。”
N-COUNT (主教或牧羊人用的)曲柄杖
Acrookis a long pole with a large hook at the end. A crook is carried by a bishop in religious ceremonies, or by a shepherd.
1. ...a shepherd's crook.
  牧羊人的曲柄杖
PHRASE 想方设法;不择手段
If someone says they will do somethingby hook or by crook, they are determined to do it, even if they have to make a great effort or use dishonest means.
1. They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.
  为达到目的，他们不择手段。

Now, they say it's because I got crooks on the payroll.
现在他们说因为我在工资单上动了手脚。
This week these crooks and scoundrels took revenge.
上周，这些“骗子”和“恶棍”开始报复了。
We're not going to stand back and let those crooks get away with murder.
我们不会撒手不管让那些骗子逍遥法外。
Let the crooks go bankrupt.
让骗子们破产去吧！
You chase crooks across our runway.
你们追匪徒追到了跑道上。
They're a bunch of crooks.
他们是一伙骗子。
Watch out for crooks who are waiting to use your credit card to do some big shopping.
提防小人的人正等着利用你的信用卡做一些大的购物中心。
Then, you set up your policies and your rules as if they're all lying, cheating crooks.
而在制定公司的政策和规定时，又必须把他们想象成谎话连篇、欺诈成性的恶棍。
Ain't nobody watching over these crooks.
没有什么人监视这些骗子。
If the prevailing assumption is that people are crooks, more and more of them will be crooks.
如果这种流行的设想是：人们都是骗子，那么他们中越来越多的人就会沦为骗子。