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sly adj.狡猾的,偷偷的,心照不宣的 If you're good at lying, you're quite sly: people who are sly are good at pulling one over on other people. Being sly helps you get away with things. If you made a mess in your house but got your parents to blame the dog, that was sly. Being sly means you're not being honest, but this word has kind of a harmless flavor to it. Someone who killed someone and lied about it would not be described as sly. Slyness has to do with smaller, sneakier, more harmless kinds of lying. ★☆☆☆☆ 2000.5

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[slai] When you're sly, you're crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. Being sly is being deceitful, though not in the worst way. Consequences follow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is driven underground, or made sly. 1[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。slylyAnna 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？

英语单词	sly
英美音标	[slai]
中文释义	adj.狡猾的,偷偷的,心照不宣的
vocab简明	When you're sly, you're crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. Being sly is being deceitful, though not in the worst way.
vocab扩展	If you're good at lying, you're quite sly: people who are sly are good at pulling one over on other people. Being sly helps you get away with things. If you made a mess in your house but got your parents to blame the dog, that was sly. Being sly means you're not being honest, but this word has kind of a harmless flavor to it. Someone who killed someone and lied about it would not be described as sly. Slyness has to do with smaller, sneakier, more harmless kinds of lying.
真题原句	Consequences follow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is driven underground, or made sly.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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？
来源	2000.5

Sly Good People Made Means Harmless Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词