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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was much touched by this act of kindness on the part of that wily old man towards two utterly defenceless strangers.
  这位足智多谋的老人对我们两个无依无靠的外乡人的关切使我为之感动。
• But many uncertainties remain, including the intentions of a president noted for his wily brinkmanship.
  但也门仍存在许多不确定因素，包括素以其狡猾的边缘政策著称的这位总统的意图。
• 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。
• 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！
• Their boss is a bit of a wily old fox.
  他们的老板有点像一个狡猾的老狐狸。
• 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。