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/sla͟ɪ/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](眼神、表情或话语)会意的,心照不宣的 A sly look, expression, or remark shows that you know something that other people do not know or that was meant to be a secret.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • His lips were spread in a sly smile...

    他心照不宣地咧嘴一笑。

  • He gave me a sly, meaningful look.

    他心照不宣地看了我一眼,意味深长。

  • slyly
  • Anna grinned slyly.

    安娜会意地咧嘴笑了。

  • 2
    [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]狡猾的;诡诈的 If you describe someone as sly, you disapprove of them because they keep their feelings or intentions hidden and are clever at deceiving people.
      [disapproval]
  • She is devious and sly and manipulative...

    她阴险狡诈,会玩人。

  • He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one.

    他确确实实是个老奸巨猾的家伙。

  • 3
    [PHRASE 短语]偷偷地 To do something on the sly means to do it secretly, often because it is wrong or bad.
      [PHR after v]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Was she meeting some guy on the sly?

    她是不是偷偷地在见什么人?


  • Oxford
    sly / slaɪ ; NAmE slaɪ / adjective 1 ( disapproving) acting or done in a secret or dishonest way, often intending to trick people 诡诈的;狡诈的 SYN
    cunning
    a sly political move 诡诈的政治手段 ( humorous) You sly old devil! How long have you known? 你这个老滑头!你知道有多久了?
    2 [usually before noun ] suggesting that you know sth secret that other people do not know 诡秘的(表示自己知道别人不知道的秘密) SYN
    knowing
    a sly smile/grin/look/glance, etc. 诡秘的微笑、咧嘴一笑、神色、一瞥等
    slyly / slaɪli ; NAmE slaɪli / adverb He glanced at her slyly. 他诡秘地朝她瞥了一眼。 sly·ness / slaɪnəs ; NAmE slaɪnəs / noun [uncountable ] IDIOM on the ˈsly secretly; not wanting other people to discover what you are doing 秘密地;偷偷地;背地里 He has to visit them on the sly. 他只得偷偷地去看望他们。 sly slyer slyest
    sly / slaɪ ; NAmE slaɪ / slyly / slaɪli ; NAmE slaɪli / sly·ness / slaɪnəs ; NAmE slaɪnəs /
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    slysly /slaɪ/ adjective
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    1someone who is sly cleverly deceives people in order to get what they want SYN  cunning see thesaurus at
    dishonest
    2sly smile/glance/wink etc a smile, look etc that shows you know something secret:  He leaned forward with a sly smile.3on the sly informal secretly, especially when you are doing something that you should not do:  They’d been seeing each other on the sly for months.slyly adverbslyness noun [uncountable]
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