devious

devious音标

英 [ˈdi:viəs]

美 [ˈdiviəs]

devious基本释义

adj.迂回的；弯曲的；不正直的；狡猾的

devious用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

迂回的，曲折的 not going in the straightest or most direct way

不光明正大的，不坦诚的，狡猾的 not direct and probably not completely honest

adj

1. deviating from a straight course

e.g. a scenic but devious routea long and circuitous journey by train and boata roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic

Synonym: circuitousroundabout

2. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper waymisleading

e.g. used devious means to achieve successgave oblique answers to direct questionsoblique political maneuvers

Synonym: oblique

3. characterized by insincerity or deceitevasive

e.g. a devious charactershifty eyes

Synonym: shifty

1. 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.

e.g. 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。e.g. 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。

2. （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.

e.g. He followed a devious route.他走了一条迂回路线。

1. 偏离正道的：detrimental 有害的 | devious 偏离正道的 | dishonorable 不光彩的

2. 不正直,有偏差的：deviate 离题,逸出正轨 | devious 不正直,有偏差的 | devote 奉献

3.

3. 绕来绕去的,迂回曲折的：11. courtier 朝臣 | 12. devious 绕来绕去的,迂回曲折的 | 13. Sacrament 圣礼,圣事/餐

4. 迂回的：irrefutable 不可辩驳的 | devious 迂回的 | infiltrate 渗透

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作形容词(adj.)

He's a devious,secret person and I don't trust him.他是一个狡猾诡秘的人,我不信任他。

用作形容词 (adj.)

devious course迂回曲折的航线

devious business method不老实的经商方法

devious lawyer老奸巨猾的律师

These devious and untrodden ice-fields.

出自：E. K. Kane

近义词

临近词

meandering曲径

underhand秘密的

fishy（味道或气味）象鱼的...

sneaky鬼祟的

shifty诡诈的

roundabout绕道的

wily狡猾的

designing狡猾的

scheming诡计多端的

winding卷

circuitous迂回的

tricky棘手的

machiavellian狡诈的

oblique间接的

deceitful欺诈的

aberrant脱离正道的

tortuous弯曲的

conniving动词connive的现在...

slippery滑的

indirect间接的

devious association judg

deviously

devilish

deviousness

Devious type

devious association judge

devious behavior

devise

Devious or mischievous activity.

相关列句

His devious nature was shown in half-lies and small dishonesties.(他不正直的天性表现在小谎话及细小的不诚实行为中。)

GORDON: that damned Cable and that devious Clarke!(戈登：那个可恶的凯布尔，那个奸诈的克拉克！)

The real challenge lies in unraveling his devious schemes and in deciphering his insidious puzzles.(真正的挑战在于揭露他那隐蔽的阴谋和破译潜伏的谜语。)

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。)

Find a drug that breaks that bundle packet, and we could destroy these parasites' devious plans.(如果找到一种可以打破这个捆束的药物，我们就可以破坏寄生虫的如意算盘咯。)

Let's take the devious route home to avoid the crowds in the main roads.(为了避免大街上的拥挤，我们还是绕道回家去吧。)

But the latest variant - the "new and improved" Koobface - is even more devious than before.(不过它的*新变种——“改进”了的新Koobface——比以前更具欺骗性。)

The British can be awkward, selfish and devious players of the EU game.(你可以认为在欧盟各方的博弈中，英国人是棘手的、自私的、狡猾的。)

Some Western analysts like to issue caveats about devious, far-sighted Chinese strategy.(有些西方分析人士喜欢就中国的偏离行为和长期战略提出一些告诫。)

He whose walk is upright fears the Lord, but he whose ways are devious despises him.(行动正直的，敬畏耶和华；行事乖僻的，却藐视他。)