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

• They became more experienced and wily.
  他们变得更加富有经验而机警了。
• 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。
• Wily criminals are increasingly operating black-market phoning businesses based in parks and on street corners.
  那些老谋深算的罪犯们愈来愈多地在公园或街角从事黑市电话的交易。
• The prattle of the little ones and their pleasure in the stories I told them of elf and gnome, of hero and wily bear, are pleasant things to remember.
  我为他们讲述精灵和土地神、英雄和狡猾的黑熊的故事，同这些小孩子们谈天说地，感受着他们的快乐，这对我的确是一种令人愉快的回忆。
• What was cried up by the wily merchant often turned out to be most unworthy of praise.
  凡是那位奸商所大声赞扬的，往往是最一钱不值的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！