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devious adj.迂回的；弯曲的；不正直的；狡猾的 (1) 长途汽车要绕很多弯路才到达目的地。(2) 为了避免大街上的拥挤，我们还是绕道回家去吧。(3) 沿着荷塘，是一条曲折的小煤屑路。(4) 他不正直的天性表现在小谎话及细小的不诚实行为中。(5) 玛丽是个狡猾的人，我不信任她。 Devious sometimes just describes a path that is not direct, a meaning that can be traced to the Latin adjective devius "out of the way," formed from the prefix de- "off" plus via "way, road." The related English verb deviate means to do something different or unexpected, and the adjective deviant describes behavior that is not considered normal or morally correct.

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英 ['diːviəs] 美 ['diːviəs] (1) The coach followed a rather devious course to its destination.(2) Let's take the devious route home to avoid the crowds in the main roads.(3) Go along the lotus pond, it is a devious road.(4) His devious nature was shown in half lies and small dishonesties.(5) Mary is a devious person and I don't trust her. Devious describes someone who tends to lie and to trick other people. Devious credit card companies lure younger and younger people into debt with offers of low interest rates and even just free t-shirts. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奸诈的；阴险的；狡猾的 If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.   [disapproval]Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private...纽曼阴险得很，明里一套，暗里一套。By devious means she tracked down the other woman.她通过不正当的手段追查到了另外那个女人。deviousness...the deviousness of drug traffickers.毒贩的狡猾奸诈2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（路线或道路）曲折的，迂回的 A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible.   [usu ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]He followed a devious route.他走了一条迂回路线。

英语单词	devious
英美音标	英 ['diːviəs] 美 ['diːviəs]
中文释义	adj.迂回的；弯曲的；不正直的；狡猾的
英语例句	(1) The coach followed a rather devious course to its destination. (2) Let's take the devious route home to avoid the crowds in the main roads. (3) Go along the lotus pond, it is a devious road. (4) His devious nature was shown in half lies and small dishonesties. (5) Mary is a devious person and I don't trust her.
中文例句	(1) 长途汽车要绕很多弯路才到达目的地。 (2) 为了避免大街上的拥挤，我们还是绕道回家去吧。 (3) 沿着荷塘，是一条曲折的小煤屑路。 (4) 他不正直的天性表现在小谎话及细小的不诚实行为中。 (5) 玛丽是个狡猾的人，我不信任她。
vocabulary简明	Devious describes someone who tends to lie and to trick other people. Devious credit card companies lure younger and younger people into debt with offers of low interest rates and even just free t-shirts.
vocabulary扩展	Devious sometimes just describes a path that is not direct, a meaning that can be traced to the Latin adjective devius "out of the way," formed from the prefix de- "off" plus via "way, road." The related English verb deviate means to do something different or unexpected, and the adjective deviant describes behavior that is not considered normal or morally correct.
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]奸诈的；阴险的；狡猾的 If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way. [disapproval] Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private... 纽曼阴险得很，明里一套，暗里一套。 By devious means she tracked down the other woman. 她通过不正当的手段追查到了另外那个女人。 deviousness ...the deviousness of drug traffickers. 毒贩的狡猾奸诈 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（路线或道路）曲折的，迂回的 A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible. [usu ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] He followed a devious route. 他走了一条迂回路线。

Devious Describes Route Younger Path Adjective Means Adj Graded