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

• He was a man without guile.
  他是一个厚道人。
• Guile isn't just another extension language: it's the official extension language of the GNU project.
  Guile不仅仅是一种扩展语言：它是GNU项目的官方扩展语言。
• A man of considerable resource and guile, I assure you.
  一个足智多谋的人，我保证。
• 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。
• 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。
• He persuaded her to sign the document by guile.
  他用欺骗手段说服她在文件上签字。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。