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

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。
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。
He was out-witted by his wily opponent.
他斗不过诡计多端的对手。
However, he was wily and dangerous.
其实，他是狡猾和危险的。
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。
Can our heroes possibly defeat this wily creature?
我们的小英雄能战胜狡猾的小八戒吗？
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。
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。
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。
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。