guile

英 [ɡaɪl]

美 [ɡaɪl]

n.  狡诈; 欺诈; 奸诈

复数：guiles　

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BNC.22120 / COCA.24013

牛津词典

noun

• 狡诈；欺诈；奸诈
  the use of clever but dishonest behaviour in order to trick people

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 狡诈；欺诈；奸诈
  Guileis the quality of being good at deceiving people in a clever way.
  1. His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate...
     我从未对他的狡猾和奸诈掉以轻心。
  2. I love children's innocence and lack of guile.
     我喜欢孩子的天真无邪。

英英释义

noun

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  Synonym:trickerychicanerychicanewileshenanigan
• the quality of being crafty
  Synonym:craftinessdeceitfulness
• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  Synonym:craftcraftinesscunningfoxinessslynesswiliness

双语例句

• It seems mistaken to suppose that mere Churchillian rhetoric or Rooseveltian guile could achieve this.
  认为只靠丘吉尔的雄辩或者罗斯福的狡猾就能做到这一点的想法，似乎是不正确的。
• I love children's innocence and lack of guile.
  我喜欢孩子的天真无邪。
• Pet. 2:1 Therefore putting away all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings.
  彼前二1所以要脱去一切的恶毒、和一切的诡诈、并伪善、嫉妒、以及一切毁谤的话。
• A swindler uses guile;
  骗子用诈术；
• But let it be so! I did not burden you; but, as some of you say, being crafty, I took you by guile.
  罢了！我并没有加给你们担子，你们却有人说，我是狡猾诡诈，用诡计牢笼你们。
• Others used force, bribery and guile to achieve their wealth and power.
  另有些人则利用暴力、贿赂和欺诈等手段来获取财富和权利。
• Guile attempts to straddle the line between the two environments and extend to C the power of Scheme.
  Guile试图跨越两个环境之间的界线，将Scheme的威力扩展到C。
• He was a man without guile.
  他是一个厚道人。
• His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate
  我从未对他的狡猾和奸诈掉以轻心。
• He persuaded her to sign the document by guile.
  他用欺骗手段说服她在文件上签字。