crafty的意思|crafty的解释-里氏词典

crafty ['kræfti]

a. 狡诈的, 诡计多端的, 巧妙的

He's a crafty old fox.
他是一只狡猾的老狐狸。
They are crafty politicians.
他们是群老奸巨滑的政客。
This crafty man is nothing but a crook.
那个狡猾的人纯粹是个骗子。

crafty
craftier, craftiest

[ adj ]
marked by skill in deception
<adj.all>
cunning men often pass for wisedeep political machinations
a foxy scheme
a slick evasive answer
sly as a fox
tricky Dick
a wily old attorney

Crafty \Craft"y\ (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. cr[ae]ftig.]
1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill;
dexterous. [Obs.] ``Crafty work.'' --Piers Plowman.

2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.

A noble crafty man of trees. --Wyclif.

3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft;
cunning; wily. ``A pair of crafty knaves.'' --Shak.

With anxious care and crafty wiles. --J. Baillie.

Syn: Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly;
fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See {Cunning}.

Now, Senator Bentsen is a crafty fellow, and there may yet turn out to be some purpose in sending his committee's reformed loopaholics on this unedifying one-night binge.
An astonishingly gifted sleight-of-hand artist and a raconteur supreme, Jay is currently providing a sophisticated evening's entertainment at New York's Second Stage Theatre, for those crafty enough to locate a ticket.
American industry must slim down, cut costs and go out and fight those crafty foreign traders.
Luthor, for instance, went from crafty criminal scientist bent on world destruction to conniving corporate genius desiring world domination.
The first half has its moments: Innis with some crafty pop piano on "Say What's in Your Heart," reminiscent of the early Billy Joel; and a solid group effort on the title cut, a quintessential example of country pop.
Mr. Gates's long struggle to make Windows work reflects traits not often combined in a business leader: technological vision, a love of crafty dealmaking and an obsessive, almost childlike personality, which drives him to seek every possible edge.
It says crafty environmentalists lacking proof have spread false alarms to whip up a children's crusade.
And if self-interest is one determinant of accounting policy, the drive to smooth earnings is unlikely to be stopped by FRS3. The methods, though, may get more crafty.

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