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单词 devious
释义
devious
adjective
uk
/ˈdiː.vi.əs/us
/ˈdiː.vi.əs/

deviousadjective(DISHONEST)

Deviouspeopleorplansandmethodsaredishonest, often in acomplicatedway, but often alsocleverandsuccessful:
会算计的，会耍手腕的；精心设计的
You have to be devious if you're going tosucceedinbusiness.要想在生意场上取得成功就必须会耍点手腕。
a deviousscheme精心策划的计谋
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dishonest
  • artificiality
  • bad faith
  • be rotten to the coreidiom
  • bent
  • cowboy
  • dubious
  • dubiously
  • false
  • finagle
  • fishy
  • knavery
  • louche
  • low-down
  • malfeasance
  • mendacious
  • sugar-coated
  • under false pretencesphrase
  • underhand
  • unreliable
  • unscrupulous
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Sly & devious

deviousadjective(NOT DIRECT)

notdirect:
迂回的，间接的
He took aratherdeviousroutewhichavoidsthecitycentre.他选了一条相当绕远的路以避开市中心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bending, twisting and curving
  • ball up
  • bendy
  • bent
  • bowed
  • buckle
  • crook
  • flex
  • flexion
  • flexure
  • fluted
  • intertwine
  • matted
  • meander
  • sinuous
  • tortuously
  • tortuousness
  • true
  • twiddly
  • twine
  • wring
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Related words

deviously
deviousness
(Definition ofdeviousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

devious| American Dictionary

devious
adjective
us
/ˈdi·vi·əs/
usingindirectwaysto get what youwant,esp. withoutshowingyourrealpurpose:
deviousmethods
Devious alsomeansindirect:
They went by a deviousroute.
(Definition ofdeviousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

devious| Business English

devious
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈdiːviəs/us
usingindirectwaysto get what youwant,especiallywithoutshowingyourrealpurpose:
Officials called thecompany'devious andunderhand'.

deviously

adverb
Managementseemsto haveacteddeviously and withoutregardfor theinterestsof policyholders.
(Definition ofdeviousfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdevious

devious
Nevertheless, howeverdevious, the stratagems chosen by a contender must at least bear the appearance of conformity with the implicit norms of the argumentative game.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Faced with limitations on rents and increasing regulation, private landlords either tried to avoid the effects of regulation bydeviousmeans or sold up, often to their tenants.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He even went so far as to state that he believed large rewards spurred thedeviousto raise fires so that they could claim the reward.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There has been a technical problem, so no one was beingdevious; there was just a technical hitch.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I believe it is the mostdeviousand heinous threat that faces the world and especially the world economies.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The question is whether majorities have to be obtained in thisdeviousway in such an important matter.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They have to be escorted along theirdeviousroutes, and they are a menace to those responsible for the upkeep of bridges and the like.
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I am not beingdeviousin saying that people will deliberately get round the provision.
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The proposed new tax is unjustifiable, inefficient anddevious—but, above all, it is unfair.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I suspect that that means that the proposals aredeviousand obscure.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am sorry that my route to the discussion of a narrow point was ratherdevious.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
You have to meet all the tricks anddeviouspractices which people engage in.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The sordid saga of this wrangle with the parents, the company'sdeviousefforts to discharge its moral responsibilities on the cheap, continues.
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I suppose that parliamentarians, by and large, aredeviouscreatures.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We need to avoid thesedeviousattempts at influencing.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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