单词

devious

读音

ˈdiːviəs

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英式

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释义

adj. 偏僻的；弯曲的；不光明正大的

例句

He got rich by devious means.

他不择手段大发横财。

She is devious and sly and manipulative.

她阴险、狡诈，而且爱操纵他人。

Newman was certainly devious, prepared to say one thing in print and something quite different in private.

纽曼确实狡诈，随时都能当众说一套，私下说一套。

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And I just curdled with jealousy that year,until I hatched my devious plan.So one day I stayed a little late after school,

The gods balked at this request and were ready to send him away.But the trickster Loki concocted a devious plan.He told the gods they should accept the stranger’s offer,

So similar, in fact, that it eventually converges on the golden ratio.That’s what allows devious royals to construct slopesthat look deceptively similar.

There are some orchids --and I always think orchids somehow seem like the most deviousof the plant species in the world --

or you're lying to me about your lying, which is very,very devious. (Laughter) This fits with a lot of the research,which suggests that lying is very pervasive.

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