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单词 Artful Dodger, the
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Artful Dodger, the

the Artful DodgerˌArtful ˈDodger, the  
a young pickpocket (=someone who steals things from people’s pockets) in the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He protests that he is a ‘victim of society’. People sometimes describe someone as an ‘artful dodger’ if they refuse to accept responsibility for their actions 逮不着的机灵鬼〔查尔斯·狄更斯著作《雾都孤儿》中的一个小扒手,有时用于形容拒绝为自己的行为承担责任的人〕
 The minister was regarded as the artful dodger of British politics.
这位部长被认为是英国政界里逮不着的机灵鬼
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