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

英语单词 sly
英美音标 英 [slaɪ] 美 [slaɪ]
中文释义 adj.狡猾的;会心的;淘气的;诡异的
英语例句 (1) She's a sly puss.
(2) He cast a sly glance at his bridge partner.
(3) The sly cat stole the meat while the cook's back was turned.
(4) A slow sly smile was creeping around the corners of his mouth.
(5) "I have brought you myself," cried Moses, with a sly look, and resting the box on the dresser.
中文例句 (1) 她是个刁滑的姑娘。
(2) 他向桥牌搭档使了个会意的眼色。
(3) 淘气的猫趁厨师转身之机偷吃了肉。
(4) 他的嘴角慢慢露出了诡异的微笑。
(5) 摩西脸上有点诡异的神色,一面把木箱放在小桌上,说道,“我把我自己带回来给你。”
vocabulary简明 When you're sly, you're crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. Being sly is being deceitful, though not in the worst way.
vocabulary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.
柯林斯解释
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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。

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[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?

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