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

• He can neither resist the wiles of the enemy himself, while in this state, nor can he prevail in prayer for others.
  因为一个失望的人，既不能抵抗仇敌的攻击，又不能为人发出有效的代祷。
• 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。
• And we all got there using our feminine wiles.
  而我们都是靠女性的阴谋诡计爬到这儿的。
• She understood all his wiles.
  她完全知道他那一套花招。
• There are actually two types of big data in use today to help understand and deal with climate change, Wiles said.
  怀尔斯指出，目前主要有两种大数据形式可以用来帮助人们了解和应对气候变化。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police were unable to penetrate the wiles of the cat burglar.
  警方无法识破窃贼的诡计。
• 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”。
• All her wiles are not enough to persuade them to sell the property
  她花言巧语也未能打动他们卖掉物业