guile

• n. 狡猾；詭計；欺詐

詞源同wile, 欺詐，奸詐。

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."

1. His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate.

我從未對他的狡猾和奸詐掉以輕心。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He is full of guile.

他非常狡詐.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A swindler uses guile; a robber uses force.

騙子用詐術; 強盜用武力.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. I love children's innocence and lack of guile.

我喜歡孩子的天真無邪。

來自辭典例句

5. Here was neither guile nor rapacity.

在她身上沒有狡詐和貪婪.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹