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shy·ster 英ˈʃaɪstə美ˈʃaɪstɚAHDshīʹstər ☆☆☆☆☆高ＧＳCOCA⁸²⁰⁶⁸BNC⁸²⁵³⁰⁺¹⁰iWeb⁴⁷⁵⁷³
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n.讼棍⁵⁰;不择手段的律师⁵⁰;奸诈的人复数shysters名词shysterism
人物犯罪人物
Noun:
a person especially a lawyer or politician who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods纽约曾有一份专注于监狱和法庭新闻的周刊，其主要撰稿人叫Mike。Mike的文章攻击过很多无资质且不自律的假冒律师。有次一个叫Cornelius的冒牌律师找到Mike，要求Mike再写文章时，将其它诉棍们称为shyster以与自己区分。词源角度，shyster实际与shit屎有关。
后缀-ster本来是与阳性执事者后缀-er如worker等相对的阴性形式，但对女性的歧视使得-ster后缀现在的性别侧重消失，反而强调了贬义。如：
gangster： 'gæŋstə n.歹徒。
gamester： 'ɡeɪmstə n.赌徒。
punster： 'pʌnstə n.爱说俏皮话的人。
但在spinster 'spɪnstə n.老姑娘等单词中能见到其古意。词根记忆shy害羞-ster做…的人⇒n.讼棍⁵⁰;不择手段的律师⁵⁰;奸诈的人近义词 pettifogger讼棍
noun.unscrupulous lawyer;swindler
同义词 cheater,chiseler,mouthpiece,pettifogger,scammer,tricksterambulance chaser,crooked lawyer,unethical lawyer
Philadelphia lawyernoun shady character
horse trader,shrewd attorney,trickster
ambulance chasernoun(offensiveunethical lawyer)
attorney,lawyer,legal eagle,pettifogger,shyster,unethical attorney
cheatnoun person who fools others
bluff,charlatan,chiseler,con artist,confidence operator,conniver,cozener,crook,deceiver,decoy,defrauder,dodger,double-crosser,double-dealer,enticer,fake,hypocrite,impostor,inveigler,masquerader,pretender,quack,rascal,rogue,scammer,shark,sharper,shyster,swindler,trickster
counselnoun legal representative
adviser,advocate,attorney,barrister,bomber,counselor,legal adviser,legal beagle,legal eagle,lip,mouthpiece,patch,shyster,solicitor
crooknoun criminal, thief
cheat,filcher,knave,pilferer,purloiner,racketeer,robber,rogue,scoundrel,shark,shyster,swindler,villain
impostornoun person pretending to be something else
actor,beguiler,bluffer,charlatan,cheat,con artist,deceiver,empiric,fake,faker,four-flusher,fraud,hypocrite,imitator,impersonator,masquerader,mimic,mocker,mountebank,pettifogger,phony,pretender,pseudo,quack,scorner,sham,sharper,shyster,trickster Unfortunately, that did not stem the tide of the shyster consultant industry. It just pushed it underground.
不幸的是，移民顾问协会的管制并没有完全规范移民行业，只是致使很多人进行非法操作。 liuxuebaba
Well, I came back here and became the damned shyster you wanted me to be.
唉，我回到家乡来执业，变成了你们想要我当的该死的讼棍。 yeeyan |