wiles

英 [waɪlz]

美 [waɪlz]

n.  花招; 诡计; 奸计
v.  欺骗，诱骗；消遣
wile的第三人称单数和复数

牛津词典

noun

• 花招；诡计；奸计
  clever tricks that sb uses in order to get what they want or to make sb behave in a particular way

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL (尤指女子说服人所用的)花言巧语，巧计
  Wilesare clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something.
  1. She claimed that women 'use their feminine wiles to get on.'
     她声称女人“靠她们的小聪明来达到目的”。

双语例句

• For example, Junes in Toledo are getting hotter, Wiles said.
  比如怀尔斯指出：今年六月，托雷多市变热了。
• Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
  要穿戴神所赐的全副军装，就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。
• All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.
  她花言巧语想打动他们买这些货物。
• A guy in Oklahoma may have broken his thermometer back in 1936, Wiles said, meaning that there could be no measurements at all for two months of that year.
  比如怀尔斯就指出：1936年，俄克拉荷马州的某个负责量气温的家伙有可能不小心把温度计弄坏了。这样的话，当年可能就有两个月根本没有气温记录。
• He'll have to use all his wiles on her to get her to agree.
  他将不得不对她用尽所有的花招来骗她同意。
• His wiles and quirks do not diminish his humanity.
  他的把戏和怪癖无损于他的人道精神。
• The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
  狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。
• He did not fail to see/ His uncle's cunning wiles and treachery ( William Morris).
  他没有忽视他叔父的狡诈的诡计和背信忘义（威廉莫里斯）。
• Bola o was a writer with tricks up his sleeve, and he distributed his wiles across many genres: novellas, poetry, short stories, essays and the epic 1100-page "2666".
  波拉尼奥是一位立意奇颖的作家，他在多种题材上皆有创新，其中包括长篇小说、短篇小说、诗歌、散文，还有那长达1100页、史诗般的。
• The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.
  那女人用尽了自己的诱骗本领勾引着他尾随而去。