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

• This data was always kind of there, Wiles said, such as historic temperature trends in the United States.
  怀尔斯表示，这些数据基本上一直都在那儿，比如美国的历史气温趋势。
• 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。
• He gave in to her wiles.
  在她的诡计下，他屈服了。
• Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
  要穿戴神所赐的全副军装，就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。
• Deliver me from all the wiles of the enemy, that I may not anger my God by any sin.
  解救我脱离诸仇敌的恶谋，勿使我以罪恶干犯上帝义怒。
• The police were unable to penetrate the wiles of the cat burglar.
  警方无法识破窃贼的诡计。
• 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。
• The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
  狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。
• A guy in Oklahoma may have broken his thermometer back in 1936, Wiles said, meaning that there could be no measurements at all for two months of that year.
  比如怀尔斯就指出：1936年，俄克拉荷马州的某个负责量气温的家伙有可能不小心把温度计弄坏了。这样的话，当年可能就有两个月根本没有气温记录。
• He knows the wiles of the serpent.
  他知道阴险毒辣的人的种种诡计。