devious

英 ['di?v??s] 美['div??s]

GRECET6+TEM8低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

副詞:?deviously;名詞:?deviousness;

1. de- "off" + via "way" => devi- "turn aside, off the way" + -ous => devious.
2. => out of the way, remote, off the main road.

devious: devious: [16] Devious and its close relative deviate [17] are both based on the notion of going ‘out of the way’. They come respectively from Latin dēvius and dēviāre, compound adjective and verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘from’ and via ‘way’.
=> deviate, via
devious (adj.): 1590s, "out of the way," from Latin devius "out of the way, remote, off the main road," from de via (see deviate). Originally in the Latin literal sense; figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Deviously; deviousness. Figurative senses of the Latin word were "retired, sequestered, wandering in the byways, foolish, inconsistent."

1. He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.: 他在設(shè)法得到自己的中意之物時(shí)會不擇手段。

2. By devious means she tracked down the other woman.: 她通過不正當(dāng)?shù)氖侄巫凡榈搅肆硗饽莻€(gè)女人。