guile

英 [ga?l] 美[ɡa?l]
  • n. 狡猾；詭計(jì)；欺詐
GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯

助記提示

1、wile => guile.
2、gu <=> w.
3、guile <=> wile.
4. 諧音“蓋哦”。

中文詞源

guile 奸詐

詞源同wile, 欺詐，奸詐。

英文詞源

guile (n.)
mid-12c., from Old French guile "deceit, wile, fraud, ruse, trickery," probably from Frankish *wigila "trick, ruse" or a related Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *wih-l- (cognates: Old Frisian wigila "sorcery, witchcraft," Old English wig "idol," Gothic weihs "holy," German weihen "consecrate"), from PIE root *weik- (2) "consecrated, holy."

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate.
我從未對(duì)他的狡猾和奸詐掉以輕心。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. He is full of guile.
他非常狡詐.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. A swindler uses guile; a robber uses force.
騙子用詐術(shù); 強(qiáng)盜用武力.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. I love children's innocence and lack of guile.
我喜歡孩子的天真無(wú)邪。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. Here was neither guile nor rapacity.
在她身上沒(méi)有狡詐和貪婪.

來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹