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

• 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！
• 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。
• He was out-witted by his wily opponent.
  他斗不过诡计多端的对手。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can our heroes possibly defeat this wily creature?
  我们的小英雄能战胜狡猾的小八戒吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• I have noticed that many wily entrepreneurs hate to give a definitive "yes" or "no" to difficult questions.
  我注意到，许多善谋的企业家对棘手的问题不喜欢给出确定的“是”或“否”的答案。