| 词汇 | devious |
| 释义 | devious adjective uk /ˈdiː.vi.əs/ us /ˈdiː.vi.əs/ deviousadjective (DISHONEST)Devious people or plans and methods are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also clever and successful: 会算计的，会耍手腕的;精心设计的 You have to be devious if you're going to succeed in business.要想在生意场上取得成功就必须会耍点手腕。 a devious scheme精心策划的计谋 deceiving others and not telling the truth dishonestThe press called out the campaign's dishonest tactics. untrustworthyHe made the mistake of basing his news story on an untrustworthy source. deviousIt was a devious plan - but would it work? deceitfulShe's deeply deceitful and not to be trusted. Dishonest artificiality bad faith be rotten to the coreidiom bent cowboy false finagle fishy fly-by-night fraudulence mendacious mendaciously misleading misleadingly perjured under false pretencesphrase underhand unreliability unreliable unscrupulous You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sly & devious deviousadjective (NOT DIRECT)not direct: 迂回的，间接的 He took a rather devious route which avoids the city centre.他选了一条相当绕远的路以避开市中心。 Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distortion entwine flex flexion flexural swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag Related wordsdeviously deviousness devious | American Dictionarydevious adjective us/ˈdi·vi·əs/ using indirect ways to get what you want, esp. without showing your real purpose: devious methods Devious also means indirect: They went by a devious route. devious | Business Englishdevious adjective disapprovinguk /ˈdiːviəs/us using indirect ways to get what you want, especially without showing your real purpose: Officials called the company 'devious and underhand'. deviouslyadverb Management seems to have acted deviously and without regard for the interests of policyholders. Examples of deviousdevious Nevertheless, however devious, the stratagems chosen by a contender must at least bear the appearance of conformity with the implicit norms of the argumentative game. Faced with limitations on rents and increasing regulation, private landlords either tried to avoid the effects of regulation by devious means or sold up, often to their tenants. He even went so far as to state that he believed large rewards spurred the devious to raise fires so that they could claim the reward. There has been a technical problem, so no one was being devious; there was just a technical hitch. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I believe it is the most devious and heinous threat that faces the world and especially the world economies. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The question is whether majorities have to be obtained in this devious way in such an important matter. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They have to be escorted along their devious routes, and they are a menace to those responsible for the upkeep of bridges and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not being devious in saying that people will deliberately get round the provision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposed new tax is unjustifiable, inefficient and devious—but, above all, it is unfair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that that means that the proposals are devious and obscure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that my route to the discussion of a narrow point was rather devious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have to meet all the tricks and devious practices which people engage in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sordid saga of this wrangle with the parents, the company's devious efforts to discharge its moral responsibilities on the cheap, continues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that parliamentarians, by and large, are devious creatures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to avoid these devious attempts at influencing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of devious 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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