Terrible business. The plague of the countryside.

糟糕的勾当。农村的瘟疫。

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

我是说，们忘掉这些年你们做的所有盗劫勾当？

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

，如果你知道她的勾当，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的勾当，它不得不作出选择了，老人想。

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

在微暗的灰黄色光线笼罩下，些如同机械般的士兵在这黑更半夜从事着罪恶的勾当。

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

【sharp，sharpness】干过不老实的勾当。

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

我听说她干着最龌龊的勾当 -和谁？

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

一直卷在政治漩涡之中，但是却光风霁月，高高超越于苟苟营营的政治勾当之上。

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

“不过要是的成绩没有起色，”马尔福先生语气更冷地说，“也许只能干些勾当。”

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的勾当，我们明白这次杀人之后，还会有更残酷的事发生。

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

“不过要是的成绩没有起色，”马尔福先生语气更冷地说，“也许只能干些勾当。”