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able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating somebody synonym crafty, wily狡猾的;奸诈的;诡诈的 a cunning liar 花言巧语的骗子 He was as cunning as a fox. 他像狐狸一样狡猾。 That cunning old rogue is up to something, I'm sure. 我确信那个狡猾的老流氓在捣鬼。
clever and showing skill synonym ingeniousTopics Personal qualitiesc2灵巧的;精巧的;巧妙的
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old Norse kunnandi ‘knowledge’, from kunna ‘know’ (related to can), or perhaps from Middle English cunne, an obsolete variant of can. The original sense was ‘(possessing) great academic knowledge or skill’ and had no implication of deceit; the sense ‘deceitfulness’ dates from late Middle English.