pranksters

WHETHER extraterrestrials or pranksters are to blame, in the Wiltshire countryside crop circles are costly: around £ 1000 each, says Tim Carson, a farmer in the village of Alton Barnes, whose land has been dotted by 125 circles since 1991.

不论外星人还是某人恶作剧，Tim Carson这个生活在Alton Barnes的农民正因Wiltshire郊外的麦田怪圈每年承受着1000英镑的损失。自1991年起，他的田地里至今已有125个怪圈错落其中。

Website has identified the pranksters behind the stunt as The Yes men, a liberal group famous for practical jokes.

Gawker.com网站通过调查发现，这份假《纽约时报》的幕后操手是一个名叫“应声虫（The Yes men）”的以恶搞而著称的自由组织。

Student pranksters have done considerable damage to the school buildings.

恶作剧的学生对学校的建筑造成相当大的损坏。

Over the years, several theories have been expounded to explain the mutilations, including ufos, Satanic cults, pranksters, unknown government agencies, or natural predators.

数年以来，一些理论已经被详细说明解释切割，包括不明飞行物，恶魔的礼拜，玩皮的人，未知的政府机关或天然的掠夺者。

Gnome pranksters have angered a village of humans.

51侏儒的玩笑惹火了人类村庄.

Though pranksters and joke-lovers in many countries now gleefully prepare to dupe friends and loved ones on April Fool's Day, no one knows exactly when or why, or even where, this tradition began.

尽管很多国家的恶作剧达人和笑话达人正兴高采烈地准备在愚人节拿爱人和朋友开涮，但没有人知道这种习俗开始的确切时间、原因、甚至地点。

Pranksters managed to convince some users that the iOS 7 update magically made their iPhones waterproof in 2013, while some iPhone 6 users were tricked into microwaving their smartphones while seeking longer battery life.

之前就有恶作剧者成功使用户上当受骗，如2013年将iOS升级能让手机防水，将iPhone6手机放到微波炉里加热以延长手机电池寿命。

In addition to playing relatively harmless tricks, some pranksters caused major inconveniences.

除了玩那些无伤大雅的小把戏外, 有些爱开玩笑的人可能会造成很严重的不方便.

You have to be able to take a joke to work with some of the pranksters in our office.

要在我们办公室上班,你得经得起几个恶作剧者开的玩笑.