Terrible business. The plague of the countryside.

糟糕勾当。农村瘟疫。

I mean, they forget all about the years of thieving and robbing?

我是说，他们忘掉这些年你们做所有盗劫勾当？

Okay, so if you know what she's doing, then why don't you just bust her?

好吧，那如果你知道她勾当，为什么不逮捕她？

When once, through my treachery, it had been necessary to him to make a choice, the old man thought.

由于我干下了欺骗它勾当，它不得不作出选择了，人想。

The sallow gleam in which the machine men go about their dirty business in the dead of night.

在微暗灰黄色光线笼罩下，那些如同机械般士兵在这黑更半夜从事着罪恶勾当。

He’s been guilty of sharp practice in the past.

【sharp，sharpness】他以前干过不勾当。

I heard she's having the tackiest affair. - With who?

我听说她干着最龌龊勾当 -和谁？

Always deeply involved in politics, he was always greater than politics.

他一直卷在政治漩涡之中，但是他却光风霁月，高高超越于苟苟营营政治勾当之上。

“Though if his grades don’t pick up, ” said Mr. Malfoy, more coldly still, “that may indeed be all he is fit for —”

“不过要是他成绩没有起色，”马尔福先生语气更冷地说，“他也许只能干那些勾当。”

We jumped at the offer, for we were already sick of these bloodthirsty doings, and we saw that there would be worse before it was done.

我们对这个建议欣然答应，因为早已厌恶这种血腥勾当，我们明白这次杀人之后，还会有更残酷事发生。

" Though if his school marks don't pick up, " said Mr. Malfoy, more coldly still, " that may indeed be all he is fit for ."

“不过要是他成绩没有起色，”马尔福先生语气更冷地说，“他也许只能干那些勾当。”