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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。