Definition of guile in English:

guile

noun ɡʌɪlɡaɪl

mass noun

Sly or cunning intelligence.
狡诈，奸猾
he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in
他竭尽自己全部的狡诈和胆量来摆脱困境。
Example sentencesExamples
- Either way, it would clearly take all of the cunning and guile of an evil criminal mastermind to penetrate such online defences.
- Nor is it the case that a lack of intelligence is cosubstantial with a lack of guile.
- So she used her guile and cunning to protect the tiny innocents: she adopted twins.
- A year of sidestepping problems and clever manipulations, backed by intelligence and guile.
- Smaller players can succeed through their guile and ingenuity.
- With little or no money, Strachan has applied guile and wiles to forging a unit where the team ethic is at its keenest.
- They seem to have got some grim kick out out of their cunning, duplicity, guile and secrecy.
- With no obvious, or even hidden, weakness in his game, he plays intelligent tennis, crafting his points with care and guile.
- We, the people, who were brought here in chains or by guile or deception or empty promises, were to provide labour.
- Equally, he has the stamina, guile and composure both to make chances and work himself into positions to take them.
- As always, the key to success in this business lies in the cunning use of guile.
- You have to provide guile, craft and quality service through to your frontmen to open teams up at this level.
- This is a franchise making strides, but it is still relying more on guile and guts than skill.
- He specializes in the reject, the marginal prospect who makes it with guts and guile.
- He's got a bit of nous, craft and guile and he can get hold of the ball and retain it.
- They had much too much power, class and guile for this Irish side and won at a canter.
- Yet still their best opening owed everything to guile rather than guts.
- Being able to think and reason the survival of the fittest wasn't just down to strength but also wits, guile and cunning.
- He played with power and guile, the bat appearing almost malleable in his hands as he guided the ball around the ground.
- He has also added a smattering of guile to his undoubted power.
Synonyms
cunning, craftiness, craft, artfulness, art, artifice, wiliness, slyness, deviousness, shrewdness, canniness, ingenuity
wiles, ploys, schemes, stratagems, manoeuvres, subterfuges, tricks, ruses
deception, deceit, duplicity, underhandedness, double-dealing, trickiness, sharp practice, treachery, chicanery, fraud, skulduggery
informal foxiness
archaic knavery, knavishness, management

Derivatives

guileful

adjective ˈɡʌɪlfʊlˈɡʌɪlf(ə)lˈɡaɪlf(ə)l

Having or showing sly or cunning intelligence.
狡诈，奸猾
a supremely guileful and deceptive politician
Example sentencesExamples
- His guileful persona shouldn't come through until he finally agrees to a live interview on Good Morning America.
- But the guileful guerrilla methods of Central Asian warriors have stayed the same since the 13 th century.
- Their guileful arrangement begins with Armstrong's verse and elusively shifts to the 1937 ballad.

guilefully

adverb ˈɡʌɪlf(ʊ)liˈɡaɪlfəli

Not even the critics, essential scribes in any revolution, are noted, except by Rainer (speaking to a confrere on the Atlas video), who says guilefully, ‘And all the critics were outraged.’
Example sentencesExamples
- Simon Willacy bowled guilefully in an 18 over spell, well supported by off-spinner Horsfall.
- The hole in the tiled floor yawned at her, deceptively innocent, guilefully welcoming.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, probably from Old Norse; compare with wile¹.

Rhymes

aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile

Definition of guile in US English:

guile

nounɡaɪlɡīl

Sly or cunning intelligence.
狡诈，奸猾
he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in
他竭尽自己全部的狡诈和胆量来摆脱困境。
Example sentencesExamples
- Either way, it would clearly take all of the cunning and guile of an evil criminal mastermind to penetrate such online defences.
- They had much too much power, class and guile for this Irish side and won at a canter.
- They seem to have got some grim kick out out of their cunning, duplicity, guile and secrecy.
- Being able to think and reason the survival of the fittest wasn't just down to strength but also wits, guile and cunning.
- This is a franchise making strides, but it is still relying more on guile and guts than skill.
- With no obvious, or even hidden, weakness in his game, he plays intelligent tennis, crafting his points with care and guile.
- As always, the key to success in this business lies in the cunning use of guile.
- He has also added a smattering of guile to his undoubted power.
- Nor is it the case that a lack of intelligence is cosubstantial with a lack of guile.
- We, the people, who were brought here in chains or by guile or deception or empty promises, were to provide labour.
- Equally, he has the stamina, guile and composure both to make chances and work himself into positions to take them.
- He specializes in the reject, the marginal prospect who makes it with guts and guile.
- Smaller players can succeed through their guile and ingenuity.
- With little or no money, Strachan has applied guile and wiles to forging a unit where the team ethic is at its keenest.
- You have to provide guile, craft and quality service through to your frontmen to open teams up at this level.
- So she used her guile and cunning to protect the tiny innocents: she adopted twins.
- A year of sidestepping problems and clever manipulations, backed by intelligence and guile.
- He played with power and guile, the bat appearing almost malleable in his hands as he guided the ball around the ground.
- Yet still their best opening owed everything to guile rather than guts.
- He's got a bit of nous, craft and guile and he can get hold of the ball and retain it.
Synonyms
cunning, craftiness, craft, artfulness, art, artifice, wiliness, slyness, deviousness, shrewdness, canniness, ingenuity

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, probably from Old Norse; compare with wile.

词汇	guile
释义	Definition of guile in English: guile noun ɡʌɪlɡaɪl mass noun Sly or cunning intelligence. 狡诈，奸猾 he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in 他竭尽自己全部的狡诈和胆量来摆脱困境。 Example sentencesExamples Either way, it would clearly take all of the cunning and guile of an evil criminal mastermind to penetrate such online defences. Nor is it the case that a lack of intelligence is cosubstantial with a lack of guile. So she used her guile and cunning to protect the tiny innocents: she adopted twins. A year of sidestepping problems and clever manipulations, backed by intelligence and guile. Smaller players can succeed through their guile and ingenuity. With little or no money, Strachan has applied guile and wiles to forging a unit where the team ethic is at its keenest. They seem to have got some grim kick out out of their cunning, duplicity, guile and secrecy. With no obvious, or even hidden, weakness in his game, he plays intelligent tennis, crafting his points with care and guile. We, the people, who were brought here in chains or by guile or deception or empty promises, were to provide labour. Equally, he has the stamina, guile and composure both to make chances and work himself into positions to take them. As always, the key to success in this business lies in the cunning use of guile. You have to provide guile, craft and quality service through to your frontmen to open teams up at this level. This is a franchise making strides, but it is still relying more on guile and guts than skill. He specializes in the reject, the marginal prospect who makes it with guts and guile. He's got a bit of nous, craft and guile and he can get hold of the ball and retain it. They had much too much power, class and guile for this Irish side and won at a canter. Yet still their best opening owed everything to guile rather than guts. Being able to think and reason the survival of the fittest wasn't just down to strength but also wits, guile and cunning. He played with power and guile, the bat appearing almost malleable in his hands as he guided the ball around the ground. He has also added a smattering of guile to his undoubted power. Synonyms cunning, craftiness, craft, artfulness, art, artifice, wiliness, slyness, deviousness, shrewdness, canniness, ingenuity wiles, ploys, schemes, stratagems, manoeuvres, subterfuges, tricks, ruses deception, deceit, duplicity, underhandedness, double-dealing, trickiness, sharp practice, treachery, chicanery, fraud, skulduggery informal foxiness archaic knavery, knavishness, management Derivatives guileful adjective ˈɡʌɪlfʊlˈɡʌɪlf(ə)lˈɡaɪlf(ə)l Having or showing sly or cunning intelligence. 狡诈，奸猾 a supremely guileful and deceptive politician Example sentencesExamples His guileful persona shouldn't come through until he finally agrees to a live interview on Good Morning America. But the guileful guerrilla methods of Central Asian warriors have stayed the same since the 13 th century. Their guileful arrangement begins with Armstrong's verse and elusively shifts to the 1937 ballad. guilefully adverb ˈɡʌɪlf(ʊ)liˈɡaɪlfəli Not even the critics, essential scribes in any revolution, are noted, except by Rainer (speaking to a confrere on the Atlas video), who says guilefully, ‘And all the critics were outraged.’ Example sentencesExamples Simon Willacy bowled guilefully in an 18 over spell, well supported by off-spinner Horsfall. The hole in the tiled floor yawned at her, deceptively innocent, guilefully welcoming. Origin Middle English: from Old French, probably from Old Norse; compare with wile¹. Rhymes aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile Definition of guile in US English: guile nounɡaɪlɡīl Sly or cunning intelligence. 狡诈，奸猾 he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in 他竭尽自己全部的狡诈和胆量来摆脱困境。 Example sentencesExamples Either way, it would clearly take all of the cunning and guile of an evil criminal mastermind to penetrate such online defences. They had much too much power, class and guile for this Irish side and won at a canter. They seem to have got some grim kick out out of their cunning, duplicity, guile and secrecy. Being able to think and reason the survival of the fittest wasn't just down to strength but also wits, guile and cunning. This is a franchise making strides, but it is still relying more on guile and guts than skill. With no obvious, or even hidden, weakness in his game, he plays intelligent tennis, crafting his points with care and guile. As always, the key to success in this business lies in the cunning use of guile. He has also added a smattering of guile to his undoubted power. Nor is it the case that a lack of intelligence is cosubstantial with a lack of guile. We, the people, who were brought here in chains or by guile or deception or empty promises, were to provide labour. Equally, he has the stamina, guile and composure both to make chances and work himself into positions to take them. He specializes in the reject, the marginal prospect who makes it with guts and guile. Smaller players can succeed through their guile and ingenuity. With little or no money, Strachan has applied guile and wiles to forging a unit where the team ethic is at its keenest. You have to provide guile, craft and quality service through to your frontmen to open teams up at this level. So she used her guile and cunning to protect the tiny innocents: she adopted twins. A year of sidestepping problems and clever manipulations, backed by intelligence and guile. He played with power and guile, the bat appearing almost malleable in his hands as he guided the ball around the ground. Yet still their best opening owed everything to guile rather than guts. He's got a bit of nous, craft and guile and he can get hold of the ball and retain it. Synonyms cunning, craftiness, craft, artfulness, art, artifice, wiliness, slyness, deviousness, shrewdness, canniness, ingenuity Origin Middle English: from Old French, probably from Old Norse; compare with wile.
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