mischief

名词 mischief:

1. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
   同义词：mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
2. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
   同义词：maleficence, balefulness

1. Don't let her make mischief between you she's only jealous.
   别让她在你们之间挑拨－－她就是太忌妒了。
2. I try to keep the boy out of mischief.
   我尽量不让这个男孩胡闹。
3. The wind played mischief with my papers.
   风把我的文章吹得乱七八糟。

mis.chief

n.（名词）
Behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another.
恶作剧：导致他人不适或恼怒的行为
An inclination or a tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment.
顽皮：喜欢恶作剧或导致他人难堪的倾向或趋向
One that causes minor trouble or disturbance:
淘气鬼：制造小麻烦或干扰的人：
例句：
The child was a mischief in school.
这孩子在学校是个淘气鬼

Damage, destruction, or injury caused by a specific person or thing:
危害：由一个特定的人或物导致的损害、破坏或伤害：
例句：
The broken window was the mischief of vandals.
被打碎的窗户是那些故意破坏公物人造成的

The state or quality of being mischievous.
顽皮：恶作剧、胡闹的状态或特性

来源：
Middle English mischef
中古英语 mischef
from Old French meschief [misfortune]
源自 古法语 meschief [坏运气]
from meschever [to end badly]
源自 meschever [糟糕地结束]
mes- [badly] * see mis-
mes- [糟糕地] *参见 mis-
chever [to happen, come to an end] from Vulgar Latin *cap3re [to come to a head] from *capum [head] from Latin caput * see kaput-
chever [发生，结束] 源自 俗拉丁语 *cap3re [到达紧要关头] 源自 *capum [头] 源自 拉丁语 caput *参见 kaput-