wily
英 [ˈwaɪli]
美 [ˈwaɪli]
adj. 狡猾的; 诡计多端的; 爱捉弄人的
Collins.1 / BNC.19464 / COCA.17961
牛津词典
adj.
- 狡猾的;诡计多端的;爱捉弄人的
clever at getting what you want, and willing to trick people- The boss is a wily old fox.
老板是个狡猾的老狐狸。
- The boss is a wily old fox.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 诡计多端的;狡诈的;狡猾的
If you describe someone or their behaviour aswily, you mean that they are clever at achieving what they want, especially by tricking people.- His appointment as prime minister owed much to the wily manoeuvring of the President.
他之所以被任命为总理,很大程度上是因为总统在阴谋操纵。
- His appointment as prime minister owed much to the wily manoeuvring of the President.
英英释义
adj
- marked by skill in deception
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
双语例句
- In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils. That sly dog grabbed a cookie from the table while no one was in the room.
简而言之,狡猾的老犹太使那个孩子陷入了他的罗网。房间里没有人的时候,那只狡猾的狗从桌子上衔了一块小甜饼。 - We know from history that every time we think we have outsmarted malaria we learn the humbling lesson that we are dealing with a very wily parasite.
历史上,我们曾数次觉得已战胜了疟疾,而非常狡猾的寄生虫每次都逃脱控制,让我们落了空,这是令人谦卑的教训。 - Cunning men often pass for wise; deep political machinations; a foxy scheme; a slick evasive answer; sly as a fox; tricky dick; a wily old attorney.
狡猾的人经常被看作是聪明人;老谋深算的政治诡计;狡诈的计划;狡诈回避的回答;狡猾得像只狐狸;狡猾的迪克;狡猾的老讼棍。 - Her father was a wily old attorney.
她父亲是一个狡猾的老执法官。 - Jane is a wily old bird.
简是个诡计多端的老太太。 - He was literally what the British call a 'wheeler-dealer' – a wily entrepreneur.
他确确实实就是英国人所说的‘投机钻营者’:一位老谋深算的企业家。 - The succession of rebuffs he had suffered in the platoon had made him more wily.
他在候察排里碰到的一连串钉子,使他学乖了。 - He was out-witted by his wily opponent.
他斗不过诡计多端的对手。 - We tried to pin him down for a definite answer, but he was too wily for us.
我们想迫使他给我们一个确定的回答,但是他对我们来说太滑头了。 - For the wily warrior there is the Envenomed Sword!
“淬毒剑”正是为那些老谋深算的战士们准备的!