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
- Jane is a wily old bird.
简是个诡计多端的老太太。 - 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。 - Her father was a wily old attorney.
她父亲是一个狡猾的老执法官。 - But for now, the new research at least gives some meaning to the empty adjective wily.
但就目前而言,这项新研究至少给老谋深算这个空洞的形容词赋予了一些意义。 - 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。 - Even now, the wily Zimbabwean liberation hero seems to be outwitting his rivals, mediators and enemies in almost equal measure.
甚至在现在,这位老谋深算的津巴布韦解放英雄以几乎同样的方法,正在欺骗他的对手、仲裁者和敌人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Matt was clever and wily and had a reputation for getting into trouble.
马特聪明、狡猾,并且因他的爱惹麻烦而闻名。