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

• 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。
• I am too seasoned to your wiles.
  你的这种诡计骗不倒经验丰富的我。
• 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。
• This data was always kind of there, Wiles said, such as historic temperature trends in the United States.
  怀尔斯表示，这些数据基本上一直都在那儿，比如美国的历史气温趋势。
• He gave in to her wiles.
  在她的诡计下，他屈服了。
• 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
• 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。
• 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）。
• He knows the wiles of the serpent.
  他知道阴险毒辣的人的种种诡计。
• Ms Wiles explained her concept the Huffington Post: 'Being able to see the entertainment value in a baby who refuses to go to sleep or a kid who is having a tantrum over a broken goldfish cracker is part of parental survival.'
  怀尔斯向《赫芬顿邮报》介绍了自己的想法：宝宝们愤怒时的搞怪表情有着很强的娱乐价值，宝宝们拒绝去睡觉，或是打碎了金鱼饼干时的小脾气简直让父母们抓狂。