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cunningadjective(CLEVER)C2Cunningpeoplearecleveratplanningsomething so that they get what theywant,especiallybytrickingotherpeople, or things that arecleverlymade for aparticularpurpose: 狡猾的，狡诈的 a cunningplan/ploy诡诈的计划／花招 He's a very cunning man.他为人十分狡猾。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSly & devious - artful
- artfully
- artfulness
- backdoor
- calculating
- calculation
- cunningly
- devious
- deviously
- deviousness
- disingenuous
- ducking
- filthy
- guile
- gymnastics
- legerdemain
- Machiavellian
- Machiavellianism
- scheming
- wily
See more results » cunningadjective(ATTRACTIVE)USold-fashionedprettyandattractive: 吸引人的，迷人的 a cunning littlechild/puppy/kitten逗人喜爱的小孩／小狗／小猫 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAttractive - adorable
- adorbs
- aesthetic
- aesthetically
- alluring
- dreamy
- easy
- elegant
- elegantly
- enchanting
- majestic
- melting
- mesmerizing
- nice-looking
- noble
- telegenic
- tempting
- to die foridiom
- turn out
- twee
See more results » thequalityorskillof beingcleveratplanningsomething so you get what youwant,especiallybytrickingotherpeople: 狡诈；狡猾；机灵We need toshowsome cunning if wewanttodefeattheenemy.要想骗过敌人，我们得想点计策。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSly & devious - artful
- artfully
- artfulness
- backdoor
- calculating
- calculation
- cunningly
- devious
- deviously
- deviousness
- disingenuous
- ducking
- filthy
- guile
- gymnastics
- legerdemain
- Machiavellian
- Machiavellianism
- scheming
- wily
See more results » cunning| American Dictionaryskillfulinplanningandreadytodeceivepeopleinorderto get what youwant: cunning
They madetheirwaysafelyback throughenemyterritorybystealthand cunning. Examplesofcunningcunning Is there, however, a more general contrast between urban (civil, gentle) and rural (coarse,cunning, traditional) ?From theCambridge English Corpus If accused, he can claim to have been duped by a spy even morecunningthan himself.From theCambridge English Corpus Settlers, too, came from distant countries, some with an alarming novelty of skill, others with an offensive advantage incunning.From theCambridge English Corpus The primary appeal of the case lies in itscunninginsistence upon the status quo.From theCambridge English Corpus The religious law legalizes the use ofcunningin trading, but forbids depriving people of their property illegally.From theCambridge English Corpus How then would ordinary people go about dealing with the crafty clerks andcunningrunners in charge of their cases?From theCambridge English Corpus If they were human, they would becomecunning.From theCambridge English Corpus Traditionalcunningfolk, mostly male and rural, continued to be active down to the early twentieth century.From theCambridge English Corpus Further, the experts and host continuously characterised perpetrators ascunningpredators.From theCambridge English Corpus Outwitting squirrels: 101cunningstratagems to reduce dramatically the egregious misappropriation of seed from your birdfeeder by squirrels.From theCambridge English Corpus The bear brought out bravery orcunning, or revealed cowardice in the tale's central characters, and became a necessary component of the genre.From theCambridge English Corpus Thecunningand brute impositions of the colonizers are juxtaposed with the flexibility, and indeed astonishing persistence and durability, of indigenous behaviours, attitudes and symbols, if not always institutions.From theCambridge English Corpus Here'scunning,cunningall round, absolutely.From theCambridge English Corpus Scarcely less heinous were the clients ofcunningmen and women : to resort to them was idolatrous, superstitious, and tantamount to making a tacit pact with the archfiend.From theCambridge English Corpus The narrative translates this desire for origins as a desire to exclude, a desire made all the morecunningfor its claims of linguistic, ethnic, and racial inclusion.From theCambridge English Corpus 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. |