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单词 artful
释义
artful
adjective
uk
/ˈɑːt.fəl/us
/ˈɑːrt.fəl/
cleverandskilful,especiallyin getting what youwant:
（尤指在获得自己想要的东西方面）巧妙的，机灵的，取巧的
He hasshownhimself to be an artfulpolitician.可以看出他是个八面玲珑的政客。
Theprimeministerdealtwith the interviewer'squestionsin a very artful way.首相很巧妙地回答了采访者的问题。
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artfully
artfulness
(Definition ofartfulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

artful| American Dictionary

artful
adjective
us
/ˈɑrt·fəl/
intelligentandskillful,esp. inpersuading, sometimes without beingcompletelyhonest:
Hispoliticswas an artfulblendofhigh-mindedpatriotismandmaliciousgossipabout hisopponents.

artfully

adverbus
/ˈɑrt·fə·li/
Themachineryis artfullyconcealedin apolishedcabinet.
(Definition ofartfulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofartful

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He was a wilful virtuoso, yet anartfulmanager of men, happy to trade on the superstition of others.
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At one and the same time intricate,artful, and accurate, they spoke authority.
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Anartfulcontrast is thereby developed between two homophones denoting the speaker's material substance and the male protagonist's spiritual character.
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In many ways it is almost easier for them to deal with an artist rather than anartfularchitect.
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He remarks that it is one of several such recurring themes in the opera, treated 'often with striking harmonic turns, or inartfuljuxtapositions'.
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We see just how far it had come since its days ofartfuldreams.
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Through composing this image of rationality and ethicality, psychological expertise can promise to make authority simultaneouslyartfuland wholesome.
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Sustaining legitimacy is the most difficult part of governing because it requires the mostartfulengagement with the public and elites.
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These may be useful shorthand, but they do not do justice to that 'artfuldance ' which is hegemony in practice.
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The process of versification was however also involved in these changes as well as the phrasing of the source and some seemartfulin nature.
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How do we explain thisartfulinterplay of voices and sub-varieties in the radio advertisement, clearly representative of many others?
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The music makes them coincide exactly, creating anartfuland meaningful simultaneity.
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Change comes about, then, by theartfulreconfiguration of existing resources.
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These often generate extended repair sequences which include code switching, laughing, andartfulvariations in pitch, volume and voice quality.
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Chemistry's disciplinary focus onartfulpractice, in other words, was carried by the very structure of its synoptic tables.
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