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

• However, he was wily and dangerous.
  其实，他是狡猾和危险的。
• They became more experienced and wily.
  他们变得更加富有经验而机警了。
• 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。
• Fast graduated with a Masters from Central Saint Martins in2008, and his first collection was promptly snapped up by the most wily retailer in the business, Browns.
  2008年快速毕业于中央圣马丁的大师，他的首部作品被最狡猾的零售商布朗在业务内迅速抢购了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With some wily forward planning, we should be able to meet ourfinancial targets.
  作一些明智的先期筹划，我们应该能够达到我们的财政目标。
• 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。
• 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。