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

• 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。
• "Because you found none of your social level to ply your wiles on?" he laughed harshly.
  “因为你没有找到和你的社会地位相同的人来实施你的诡计？”他粗俗笑道。
• I am too seasoned to your wiles.
  你的这种诡计骗不倒经验丰富的我。
• 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。
• The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.
  那女人用尽了自己的诱骗本领勾引着他尾随而去。
• All her wiles are not enough to persuade them to sell the property
  她花言巧语也未能打动他们卖掉物业
• He gave in to her wiles.
  在她的诡计下，他屈服了。
• She understood all his wiles.
  她完全知道他那一套花招。
• He knows the wiles of the serpent.
  他知道阴险毒辣的人的种种诡计。
• The city has its cunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter.
  就连诱惑人的蛇精也想不出比这再糟的模样了。