wily

adj.

1. 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。

1. ADJ-GRADED 诡计多端的;狡诈的;狡猾的
   If you describe someone or their behaviour as wily, 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。

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。
2. The wily lot may be excused for not jumping at the mother of dragons 'elevator pitch.
   这群狡猾的家伙没有欣然接受龙之母的电梯推销，或许情有可原。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. Jane is a wily old bird.
    简是个诡计多端的老太太。
13. Her father was a wily old attorney.
    她父亲是一个狡猾的老执法官。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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！
18. They became more experienced and wily.
    他们变得更加富有经验而机警了。
19. He was out-witted by his wily opponent.
    他斗不过诡计多端的对手。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. Can our heroes possibly defeat this wily creature?
    我们的小英雄能战胜狡猾的小八戒吗？
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. However, he was wily and dangerous.
    其实，他是狡猾和危险的。

adj

1. 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