wiles

英 [waɪlz]

美 [waɪlz]

n.  花招; 诡计; 奸计
v.  欺骗，诱骗；消遣
wile的第三人称单数和复数

牛津词典

noun

• 花招；诡计；奸计
  clever tricks that sb uses in order to get what they want or to make sb behave in a particular way

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL (尤指女子说服人所用的)花言巧语，巧计
  Wilesare clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something.
  1. She claimed that women 'use their feminine wiles to get on.'
     她声称女人“靠她们的小聪明来达到目的”。

双语例句

• He can neither resist the wiles of the enemy himself, while in this state, nor can he prevail in prayer for others.
  因为一个失望的人，既不能抵抗仇敌的攻击，又不能为人发出有效的代祷。
• The police were unable to penetrate the wiles of the cat burglar.
  警方无法识破窃贼的诡计。
• All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.
  她花言巧语想打动他们买这些货物。
• Bread is an instrument, as a means to the satisfaction of hunger and to the support of life. They were men who guarded their free will with wiles and murder.
  面包也是一种手段，靠它来充饥和维持生命。他们都是些不惜采用欺诈与谋杀手段来维护自己的意志的人。
• And we all got there using our feminine wiles.
  而我们都是靠女性的阴谋诡计爬到这儿的。
• Our strategy is to tell people about their climate locally in ways they can understand, and the only way to do that is with big data analysis, said Richard Wiles, vice president for strategic communications and director of research with Climate Central.
  气候中心的战略沟通副总裁兼研究主任理查德o怀尔斯表示：我们的战略是以人们能够理解的方式告诉他们当地的气候情况，唯一能实现这个目标的方法就是通过大数据分析。
• She understood all his wiles.
  她完全知道他那一套花招。
• I am too seasoned to your wiles.
  你的这种诡计骗不倒经验丰富的我。
• For example, Junes in Toledo are getting hotter, Wiles said.
  比如怀尔斯指出：今年六月，托雷多市变热了。
• His wiles and quirks do not diminish his humanity.
  他的把戏和怪癖无损于他的人道精神。