Artful Dodger, the
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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”。
ˌArtful ˈDodger, theChineseSyllable
Artful Dodger, the
ˌArtful 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:
The minister was regarded as the artful dodger of British politics.
ˌArtful 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: