cunning

• I hold it ever virtue and cunning were endowments greater than nobleness and riches .
  我一向认为道德和才艺是远胜于富贵的资产。
• She wore a dress cunning to embrace the shape and flutter loose about her .
  她的衣服很得体地包裹着她的身体并且松驰地在她周围飘拂。
• Here has the cunning frenchman been placing a picket directly in our path .
  这个狡猾的法国佬，连在这儿咱们要通过的路上，也放着岗哨哩。
• He was a self-made man: an example of what may be accomplished by cunning and selfishness .
  他是一个白手起家的人：一个依靠狡猾和自私而名利双收的典型。
• He fashioned in the depths of the sea a throne of cunning device, which he sent to his mother .
  他在海底制作了一个装有精巧机关的御座，呈送给他的母后。
• They possessed a large share of that singular cunning which characterizes this form of dementia .
  他们所具有的那种异常的狡诈，也正是智力丧失症的一种特征。
• His eyes, twinkling with cunning enjoyment, glanced at every moment towards his companion's face .
  他的眼光闪动着，显出狡黠而满意的神情，并且不断瞟看那伙伴的面孔。
• The cunning varmint would suspect something, and be dodging through the trees like a frightened deer .
  这只狡猾的狐狸一定会起疑心，会象一只受惊的鹿那样，逃进林子里去。
• They watched the seller's expression, trying to understand his cunning or find the defects of the animal .
  他们注意观察卖主的脸色，试图了解卖主的花招并找出牲口的毛病。