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

• They will appreciate the design, guile and sophistication of this movie about design, guile and the choice between evils.
  他们会欣赏这部影片的设计、狡诈，以及对设计、狡诈和恶行选择的强词夺理。
• However, the definition I added comes straight out of the manual for Guile.
  但是，我增加的定义又直接超出了Guile手册的范围。
• He persuaded her to sign the document by guile.
  他用欺骗手段说服她在文件上签字。
• This function initializes the global state of Guile and must be called prior to any other Scheme function.
  该函数初始化Guile的全局状态，它必须在任何其他Scheme函数之前调用。
• 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。
• A man of considerable resource and guile, I assure you.
  一个足智多谋的人，我保证。
• He is a simple, honest man, totally lacking in guile.
  他是一个纯朴诚实的人，一点也不狡诈。
• 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。
• Pansy was really a blank page, a pure white surface, successfully kept so; she had neither art, nor guile, nor temper.
  帕茜实在是一张白纸，毫无瑕庇。她不会装模作样，弄虚作假，也没有脾气。
• "we cannot tolerate guile of any kind," said the chairman of the committee.
  “我们不能容忍任何形式的欺骗，”委员会的主席说。