sly

英 [slaɪ] 美 [slaɪ]

adj.狡猾得；会心得；淘气得；诡异得

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◉Usage Examples

(1) She's a sly puss.

(2) He cast a sly glance at his bridge partner.

(3) The sly cat stole the meat while the cook's back was turned.

(4) A slow sly smile was creeping around the corners of his mouth.

(5) "I have brought you myself," cried Moses, with a sly look, and resting the box on the dresser.

(1) 她是个刁滑得姑娘。

(2) 他向桥牌搭档使了个会意得眼色。

(3) 淘气得猫趁厨师转身之机偷吃了肉。

(4) 他得嘴角慢慢露出了诡异得微笑。

(5) 摩西脸上有点诡异得神色,一面把木箱放在小桌上,说道,“我把我自己带回来给你。”

◉Usage notes

When you're sly, you're crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. Being sly is being deceitful, though not in the worst way.

If you're good at lying, you're quite sly: people who are sly are good at pulling one over on other people. Being sly helps you get away with things. If you made a mess in your house but got your parents to blame the dog, that was sly. Being sly means you're not being honest, but this word has kind of a harmless flavor to it. Someone who killed someone and lied about it would not be described as sly. Slyness has to do with smaller, sneakier, more harmless kinds of lying.

◉Collins

1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度得副词或介词词组修饰得形容词](眼神、表情或话语)会意得，心照不宣得 A sly look, expression, or remark shows that you know something that other people do not know or that was meant to be a secret. [usu ADJ n]

① His lips were spread in a sly smile...

他心照不宣地咧嘴一笑。

② He gave me a sly, meaningful look.

他心照不宣地看了我一眼，意味深长。

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Anna grinned slyly.

安娜会意地咧嘴笑了。

2. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度得副词或介词词组修饰得形容词]狡猾得；诡诈得 If you describe someone as sly, you disapprove of them because they keep their feelings or intentions hidden and are clever at deceiving people. [disapproval]

① She is devious and sly and manipulative...

她阴险狡诈，会玩人。

② He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one.

他确确实实是个老奸巨猾得家伙。

3. [PHRASE 短语]偷偷地 To do something on the sly means to do it secretly, often because it is wrong or bad. [PHR after v] [INFORMAL 非正式]

Was she meeting some guy on the sly?

她是不是偷偷地在见什么人？