Insidious
[ɪn'sɪdɪəs]
解释:
(adj.) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; 'glaucoma is an insidious disease'; 'a subtle poison' .
(adj.) intended to entrap .
(adj.) beguiling but harmful; 'insidious pleasures' .
塞西尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe.
(a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts.
佛瑞德整理
同义词及近义词：
a. Artful, sly, wily, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, TRICKY, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
录入:诺顿
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Wily, treacherous, designing, dangerous, deceitful, {[ely]?}, crafty, artful
ANT:Straightforward, sincere, undesigning, innocuous
编辑:梅齐
解释:
adj. watching an opportunity to ensnare: intended to entrap: deceptive: advancing imperceptibly: treacherous.—adv. Insid′iously.—n. Insid′iousness.
编辑:西尔维亚
例句:
- Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- She was suspended upon the surface of the insidious reality until such time as she also should disappear beneath it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- For, almost at once, she had felt the insidious charm of slipping back into a life where every material difficulty was smoothed away. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It was despicable, a very insidious form of prostitution. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- She had a curious sort of allegiance with Loerke, all the while, now, something insidious and traitorous. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
编辑:西尔维亚