| 词汇 | insidiously |
| 释义 | insidiously adverb formaluk /ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs.li/ us /ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs.li/ (of something unpleasant or dangerous) in a way that gradually and secretly causes harm: 隐匿地; 阴险地;暗中为害地 The disease begins insidiously and progresses relentlessly.这种疾病开始时很难察觉，然后不停地恶化。 This has quietly and insidiously grown into a big problem.这已经悄无声息地成了一大难题。 See insidious Most insidiously of all, I had started to lose my self-respect. All kinds of racism are spreading insidiously. The film shows technology at its most insidiously powerful. Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic fraught frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness noxiously objectionable objectionably odious odiously unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable Examples of insidiouslyinsidiously In the three excerpts presented below, racial stereotypes and assumptions inhabit his and his classmates' talk more insidiously. More insidiously, the prestige of the sciences was inflated by dividing natural qualities into primary and secondary categories. In this work we see again music's role as an 'educative' medium, albeit typically working insidiously. Vision, like hearing, can deteriorate insidiously and may require correction. For anti-feminists, as we have seen, it served to construct a cartoonish, and also on occasion an insidiously subtle, ideological opponent. Conversely, dysphagic symptoms may emerge slowly and insidiously over months or even years. The limitations of liberal democracy were being scrutinized - both in the streets and in the revisionist historiography which proclaimed the earlier discussion movement simply a form of insidiously incorporative conservatism. The very discretion and attentive silence that are invoked to protect the middle-class child from the governess's imprint make her influence insidiously pervasive; they protect and mandate further protection. Symptoms of the disease begin insidiously, most commonly between the ages of 35 and 50, but the age of onset can vary from early childhood until old age. In elderly patients, biliary tract disease is more likely to present insidiously and recognition as the cause of symptoms such as confusion can lead to delay in diagnosis. To rely on unelected external powers to protect us from the inevitable failings of one's own government may occasionally be insidiously tempting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless this question is answered, we are only treating the symptoms while the problem continues to spread insidiously. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English For this to be possible, a minimum financial reserve needs to be set up to respond to disasters which arise suddenly, insidiously and unforeseeably. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are also in an age when fears can be more widely, more insidiously and more effectively propagated than ever before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is an additional burden and it has been very quietly and insidiously placed on the shoulders of local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of insidiously These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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