查询词典 mayhem

On the waterfront of San Francisco, a "Barbary Coast" of disreputable service industries had sprung up, providing intoxicating beverages, games of chance and skill, houses of ill-repute, and generous opportunities for violence and mayhem.

在旧金山沿岸，声名狼藉的&Barbary Coast&服务业兴起，带来了高度酒，依靠运气和技巧的赌博，风化场所和大量的制造暴力和伤害的机会。

We are forbidden from giving money to these shoeless, skinny children, as this will perpetuate begging.

向光着脚，骨瘦如柴的孩子施舍是不可以的，因为要招来无休无止的乞讨。

It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.

要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。