cunning

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cun·ning1 /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

1 INTELLIGENTsomeone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want 〔人〕狡猾的，狡诈的 SYN crafty

a cunning opponent

狡猾的对手

► see thesaurus at intelligent

2 UNFAIRbehaviour or actions that are cunning are clever but dishonest and unfair, and are used to get what you want 〔行为或动作〕狡诈的，狡猾的

a cunning plan

狡诈的计划

3 UNUSUALa cunning object or piece of equipment is clever and unusual 〔物体或设备〕巧妙的，不同寻常的

a cunning little device for keeping out draughts

挡风用的巧妙小装置

4 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING American EnglishAmE old-fashioned attractive 可爱的，吸引人的

a cunning little dress

小巧可爱的连衣裙

—cunningly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

cunning• The book talks, and is very cunning.• But the wicked creature was very cunning, and she finally thought of a trick that would give her what she wanted.• The coach quickly came up with a cunning counterattack.• Hawkeye was very cunning - he always waited until his enemy was alone and unarmed before making his attack.• She's a cunning little devil! She left for school as usual, and then went into town instead with her friends.• a cunning marketing ploy• a cunning model of the world• It was only the latest chapter in the book on the dangerous, amoral, but cunning place called Arkansas.• And it seems that nothing, not even one of Baldrick's cunning plans, can save them.• There was a small black sofa with cunning red and blue cushions on it.• His leadership style was to maintain power through a combination of force and cunning strategy.• She brought about the death of Pelias by a cunning trick.• They use all kinds of cunning tricks to make people give them money.• The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.• Diane was a cold and cunning woman who preyed upon lonely teenagers.

cunning2 noun [uncountableU]

INTELLIGENTthe ability to achieve what you want by deceiving people in a clever way 狡猾，狡诈

the tiger’s ferocity and cunning

老虎的凶猛和狡诈

She would use low cunning (=unpleasant dishonest methods) to win people’s sympathy.

她会耍卑鄙的花招来博得别人的同情。

Examples from the Corpus

cunning• And a cunning of its own.• Perhaps one could justify riches as the reward for the skill, diligence, foresight and cunning of the original creator.• And there's his diabolical cunning about the newspapers and radio and so on.• This process shows great cunning on the part of Nature, also a good deal of cleverness on the part of George.• Time and again the new Phoenix King proved his cunning as a general.• Organizing a political party, even a small and stupid one, must take at least a degree of native cunning.• The few people that escaped the crazed gunman did so by quick cunning, courage, and luck.• The archetypal survivor is the trickster, and his strategy is wily cunning.

Origin cunning1

(1200-1300) Present participle of cun “to know”, an early form of can; → CAN1

cun·ning1 adjectiveadjcunning2 noun

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