单词 | insidious |
释义 | insidious (ɪnsɪdiəs ) adjective Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed. The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years. They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism. Synonyms: stealthy, subtle, cunning, designing insidiously adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive. Collocations: insidious form It could impose a more insidious form of control if it wanted to shelter from an opposition more effective than any across the chamber. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Lies are the first signs of corruption and redacted history is an insidious form of lying. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Socialism in its most insidious form remains undead. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The exercise was designed to demonstrate the insidious nature of anoxia and its inherent dangers. Times, Sunday Times To truly understand the insidious nature of loneliness, it helps to think about snakes and sticks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, clearly, the object contained within was not the diadem, but something of a more insidious nature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A necropsy study of 737 cases showed a 2.4% incidence with 2 out of 15 (13%) bilateral, perhaps indicating the insidious nature of many cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This, however, fails to address the low-level, insidious threat from staff turnover, and the danger in a global context. Times, Sunday Times A more insidious threat derives from what happened in that ace last finale. Times, Sunday Times The more insidious threat comes from rules that distort incentives and that nobody questions, bar a few smart hedge funds. Times, Sunday Times Most of us are dimly aware of the insidious way that our eyeballs are sold to advertisers, but have become inured to the process. Times, Sunday Times But many drivers argue that parking and speeding fines are a more insidious way of raising revenue. Times, Sunday Times Despite this optimism, cyberspace may, in some insidious ways, further the erosion of truth wrought by television. Christianity Today You can see it in insidious ways. Times, Sunday Times And it can change you in slow, insidious ways. Outlook India This would amount to a particularly insidious kind of discrimination, one that often goes undetected. Christianity Today Straws make up only a small fraction of this waste but their thinness makes them particularly insidious, entangling marine wildlife and consumed by fish. Times, Sunday Times It's just another commercial website, with a particularly insidious brand of camouflaged advertising. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In areas affected by bushwhacking the actions were particularly insidious since it amounted to a fight of neighbor against neighbor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The buried defects are particularly insidious, and even 10 nm defects may be considered risky. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 潜伏的 Japanese: 徐々に深刻化する |
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