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　

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。

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。

adj

They became more experienced and wily.
他们变得更加富有经验而机警了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Her father was a wily old attorney.
她父亲是一个狡猾的老执法官。
Jane is a wily old bird.
简是个诡计多端的老太太。
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。
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。
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。