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单词 sly
释义
sly
adjective
uk
/slaɪ/us
/slaɪ/
slyer|slyest
deceivingpeoplein acleverway inorderto get what youwant:
狡猾的，狡诈的
He's a slyolddevil- I wouldn'ttrusthim with mymoney.他是个老滑头——我不会把钱交托给他的。
[before noun]
seemingtoknowsecrets:
诡秘的
"You'llfindouteventually," said Mary, with a slysmile.“你最终会知道的，”玛丽诡秘地笑着说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • cryptography
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • privacy settings
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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Related words

slyly
slyness
sly
noun
uk
/slaɪ/us
/slaɪ/
on the sly
If you do something on the sly, you do itsecretlybecause you should not be doing it:
暗中，偷偷地
Hedriveshis mother'scaron the sly while she's atwork.他在母亲上班的时候偷开她的汽车。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • cryptography
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • privacy settings
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
See more results »
(Definition ofslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sly| American Dictionary

sly
adjective
us
/slɑɪ/
comparativeslyer|superlativeslyest
notlettingothersknowtrueopinionsorintentions, ordishonest:
Shethoughtthat by being sly, she couldfoolpeople.
Acatcan be a very slyanimal.

slyly

adverbus
/ˈslɑɪ·li/
Hewinkedslyly andloweredhisvoice, as if he had somesecrettoreveal.
(Definition ofslyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsly

sly
He is extremelyslyand duplicitous with those around him.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Meanwhile, the upand-coming wave the colon's limp magic wand, without aslyjoke to tell.
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As it is, there is much to admire, whether in sheer compositional dexterity or in the composer's sometimesslysense of humour.
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There's aslysense of disruptive humour not far from the surface, too.
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They employed, instead,slyambiguities and insinuating circumlocutions.
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The editorial voice, assumed at this point by the narrator, carries aslyirony of its own.
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Because human is the spirit of all things on earth, he is therefore verysly.
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Historians seem to feel obliged to place aslyconstruction on all his operations, for fear of being branded naive.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Examples may be found from bar 144 in the sweep of both string parts, with their independent accents, or in the cello'sslycomments from bars 161 to 165.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Anyone who makes aslyor fast buck, who seeks to cheat or to deceive must pay the full penalty of the law, and quickly.
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He is concealing, under his touchiness, mingled occasionally with a littleslyhumour, the fact that he has not very much to say.
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There has been someslycheating in the disarmament negotiations.
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All of that is taxation on thesly.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Civil servants all over the world are in it on theslyfor money.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They would prefer either to borrow money on theslyand let future generations pay, or not to have the services at all.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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