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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He gave in to her wiles.
  在她的诡计下，他屈服了。
• He did not fail to see/ His uncle's cunning wiles and treachery ( William Morris).
  他没有忽视他叔父的狡诈的诡计和背信忘义（威廉莫里斯）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。