【同义词辨析】 狡猾sly-artful
sly: implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one’s aims and methods: a ~ corporate-takeover scheme. (furtive和sly互释)
cunning: suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing: relentlessly ~ in her pursuit of the governorship. 如谚语too much cunning can undermine its purpose过多巧思可能事与愿违(聪明反被聪明误) (overreach越权,circumvent避免或叫塞责)
crafty: implies cleverness and subtlety of method: a ~ trial lawyer. (subtle指微小的隐藏的)
tricky: suggests unscrupulous shiftiness and unreliability: a ~ interviewer who usually got what she wanted from her subject. (unscrupulous不顾忌不择手段)
foxy: implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually based on experience in devious dealing: a ~ thief got away with her jewels.
artful: implies insinuating or alluring indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or coquetry or cleverness: an ~ matchmaker. (coquetry假装兴趣奉承without serious intention)
sly诡秘狡猾: 偷偷、不坦诚,巧妙隐藏目的方法,cunning巧思: 想方设法去越权或塞责,crafty机灵: 聪明微妙的,tricky狡猾: 无所顾忌的善变不可靠,foxy狡猾: 聪明又谨慎的机灵,通常惯犯,artful圆滑: 处事委婉吸引人,常表示世故奉承机灵
记忆方法: 1) 首字母FAST CaoCao说曹操曹操到<==狡猾
2) 狡猾的意思是通过非正当手段达到目的mean attaining or seeking to attain one’s ends by devious means.首字母FAST CaoCao说曹操曹操到<==狡猾 (devious非正当的)