wily

英 [ˈwaɪli]

美 [ˈwaɪli]

adj.  狡猾的; 诡计多端的; 爱捉弄人的

最高级：wiliest　比较级：wilier　

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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
  1. The boss is a wily old fox.
     老板是个狡猾的老狐狸。

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• marked by skill in deception
  1. cunning men often pass for wise
  2. deep political machinations
  3. a foxy scheme
  4. a slick evasive answer
  5. sly as a fox
  6. tricky Dick
  7. a wily old attorney
  Synonym:craftycunningdodgyfoxyguilefulknavishslickslytricksytricky

双语例句

• These reclusive, wily jungle trolls are considered to be the highest authority within their respective warbands.
  这些隐遁的，足智多谋的丛林巨魔在他们各自的战斗部落中享有最崇高的威望。
• However, he was wily and dangerous.
  其实，他是狡猾和危险的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With some wily forward planning, we should be able to meet ourfinancial targets.
  作一些明智的先期筹划，我们应该能够达到我们的财政目标。
• Bees are wily creatures, however, whose ingenuity has nothing to do with the size of their brains.
  不过蜜蜂是有智谋的生物，它们的才智与它们脑的大小毫无关系。
• 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。