mischief-maker

mischief-maker — 名詞

1. Someone who enjoys causing arguments or problems between other people, often by

1.名詞C1
釋義

搬弄是非者

故意挑起爭吵或散布謠言製造麻煩的人

Someone who enjoys causing arguments or problems between other people, often by spreading rumours, telling tales, or stirring up bad feelings on purpose.

例句

Christopher has a reputation as a mischief-maker who loves to spread gossip around the office.

Christopher 在辦公室裡是出了名的搬弄是非者，最愛到處散布八卦。

reputation as a mischief-maker — typical descriptive collocation

Every village has its mischief-maker, and ours was the old shopkeeper on the corner.

每個村子都有自己的搬弄是非者，我們村的就是街角那位老雜貨店老闆。

every [community] has its mischief-maker — common idiomatic frame

同義詞
  • troublemaker

    more general; covers physical disruption and rule-breaking, not just social stirring

  • agitator

    stirring up political or group anger, often deliberately and on a larger scale

  • rabble-rouser

    rouses a crowd to anger or action; public-facing, not the quiet whispering kind

  • instigator

    starts a specific incident; doesn't suggest a repeat pattern the way mischief-maker does

反義詞
  • peacemaker

    actively works to calm conflicts the mischief-maker creates

文法句型

a mischief-maker (in/among [group])

用法筆記

Subject is almost always a person (rarely a group); the word carries clear disapproval. Often used with possessives describing a community (`the village's mischief-maker`, `our office mischief-maker`) to mark a known repeat offender rather than a one-off incident.

常見錯誤

❌He is a mischief-maker child who breaks toys.
✅He is a mischievous child who breaks toys.
💡use the adjective 'mischievous' for playful naughtiness in children; 'mischief-maker' implies deliberate social trouble.
❌The storm was a real mischief-maker last night.
✅The storm caused a lot of trouble last night.
💡'mischief-maker' refers to a person, not a thing or natural event.