fly-by-night
- adj.无信用(或不可靠)而唯利是图的
- n.(夜间在外不归的)夜游神;〈俚〉夜间潜逃的逃债者
派生词: fly-by-night n.
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The many young Chinese planning to study in the US should watch out for fly-by-night schools
想去美国留学的中国青年要警惕野鸡大学
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As business schools across Asia mature , experts say quality programmes will be differentiated from fly-by-night operations .
专家们表示,随着亚洲商学院逐渐成熟起来,高质量的课程将与短暂运作区别开来。
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I want a reputable tour operator , not one of these fly-by-night outfit .
我想要一个有信誉的旅游承办商,而不是那些没有信誉的。
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Clearly , it was a fly-by-night organization .
很明显,那是个骗人的组织。
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It was a fly-by-night operation , taking only two months from the book 's conception to hitting store shelves .
这个不可靠的把戏,使得这本书从发行到畅销只用了2个月的时间。
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To restore confidence , hedge funds have tried to shed their reputation for being fly-by-night operations .
为了恢复信心,对冲基金已经尝试摆脱它们被视为不可信任企业的名声。
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More than likely she 's some fly-by-night gypsy , out to make a quick buck .
她更像个不可靠的吉普赛人,出来搞点儿快钱。
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The project is totally ruined by the fly-by-night undertakers .
这项工程完全是被那些不负责任的承包商破坏了。
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Are fly-by-night schools that lack CHEA accreditation illegal ?
那么,没有得到CHEA认证的野鸡学校就一定是非法的吗?
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But his business turned out to be fly-by-night : he collected people 's deposits on new cars and then disappeared with everybody 's money .
可是,他的公司原来是骗人的。他收了人们买新车付的定金,然后拿了这些钱就不见了。
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There are more and more small , fly-by-night modeling agencies . It 's harder to keep track of how many there are and their names .
不可靠的小型模特机构如雨后春笋般冒了出来,想要追踪有多少家、各叫什么名字也越发困难。
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The Admission Brochure of a fly-by-night school will often emphasize that the president received this or that doctorate insgroupsto persuade readers that it is a good school .
野鸡大学的招生简章上还常常强调校长得过这个博士学位或那个博士学位,以此让读者信服这是个好学校。
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For the last half-century , its main business has been the study of the tiniest insubstantial bit of matter in the universe , an ephemeral fly-by-night subatomic particle called the neutrino .
在过去的半个世纪里,这个小镇上的主要工作是研究宇宙中最微小、最虚无缥缈的物质,即很难捕捉到的、转瞬即逝的中微子。