fly-by-night

名词 fly-by-night:

1. a debtor who flees to avoid paying

形容词 fly-by-night:

1. of businesses and businessmen of questionable honesty
   同义词：shady
2. ephemeral

fly-by-night

adj.（形容词）
Unreliable or unscrupulous, especially with regard to business dealings:
不负责任的，不可靠的：尤指在商业上不可靠的或缺德的：
例句：
.fly-by-night telephone companies that open up shop, sell some systems, then disappear when service is needed.(Mary Ellen Jordan)
.那些开店、卖货、然后在你需要服务时跑得无影无踪的不可靠的电话公司.(玛丽·埃伦·乔丹)

Of an impermanent or insubstantial nature:
短暂的，一时的：有不长久或不实在特性的：
例句：
fly-by-night fashions in clothing.
时装界变换无常的款式

n.also （名词） 也作
fly-by-nighter
An unscrupulous or undependable person, especially one who leaves secretly without paying creditors.
无信誉的人，逃债的人：尤指那种不付款就偷偷离开的缺德或不可靠的人
Something of a shaky or impermanent nature.
一时兴起之物：具有易动摇或暂时性的物品