| 词汇 | crafty |
| 释义 | crafty adjective uk /ˈkrɑːf.ti/ us /ˈkræf.ti/ craftyadjective (CLEVER)clever, especially in a dishonest or secret way: 狡猾的;狡诈的，诡计多端的 I have some crafty ideas for getting around the regulations.我想出了个妙计可以钻这些规定的空子。 She was a crafty old woman.她是个诡计多端的老太太。 Sly & devious artful artfully artfulness backdoor calculating devious deviously deviousness disingenuous disingenuously ducking guileful guilefully legerdemain Machiavellian Machiavellianism tricky underhand weaselly wily craftyadjective (ARTS AND CRAFTS)relating to crafts(= sewing, woodwork, etc.): We sell wool, paints, glue, and other crafty supplies. interested in crafts (= sewing, woodwork, etc.): She's very crafty and makes all her own Christmas decorations. Crafts artificer artisan artisanal arts and crafts artsy-craftsy crochet découpage emboss engrave engraver handicraft handiwork inlay intarsia knotwork screen printing silkscreen straw tjanting tool tritik Related wordscraftily craftiness crafty | American Dictionarycrafty adjective us/ˈkræf·ti/ skillful in argument but likely to be dishonest: a crafty lawyer Examples of craftycrafty He submitted me to a rather crafty dialectical questionnaire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that they are fairly crafty people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then idleness and laziness become confused with backwardness, and these children are sufficiently crafty to know when they need to make an effort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be out-talked and out-manoeuvred by the crafty boys, and they will suffer very much indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite frankly, they think he is no match for these astute, crafty, ruthless, unscrupulous dictators; and—let us be quite honest about it—he is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of these small companies are not arty, crafty companies that were somehow set up in an arty, crafty way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ought to penalise that small body of crafty employers who desire to evade their responsibilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All crafty things are difficult to check, but those who engage in them are burdened with a sense of sin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they are more crafty about it than we are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been quite crafty in doing that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has conducted himself in a clever and almost crafty way in playing the various forces that have been ranged against him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Man management is not an art—it is all very arty-crafty for those who write treatises about it—but just plain common sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should call them grafts-men, crafty men who did no work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To put it another way, the honest and uneducated fail while the crafty and devious manage to penetrate the immigration network. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From his point of view, it would be a very crafty move. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of crafty 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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