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单词 double-dealing
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double-dealingn.

Forms: Also double dealing.
Etymology: see double adj.1 5.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdouble-dealing.
Action marked by duplicity; the profession of one thing and practice of another.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > in action
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doubling1573
a1529 J. Skelton Dethe Erle Northumberland 174 Let double delyng in the haue no place.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 133 Some..feared there was some dissembling or double dealing in this businesse.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 403 The malice and double dealing of the Chinese.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. iv. 45 Saville..by his double-dealing with the King and the Scots, proved himself a political traitor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

double-dealingadj.

Etymology: < double-dealing n., or < double adj.1 and adv. Compounds 2f(c).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdouble-dealing.
Using duplicity.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing
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doublea1340
twice-sworn1542
ambidexter1549
double-hearteda1555
double-faced1574
doubling1581
double-dealing1587
twi-faced1635
two-faceda1640
ambidextrous1646
double-headed1646
two-hearteda1656
ambidextral1665
twistical1805
twistifying1845
twistified1872
duplicitous1958
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 255 To be beguyled by a dubbledealing Spy.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 53 Lowminded, doubledealing, self-seeking politicians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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