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单词 wiles
释义
wileswiles /waɪlz/ noun [plural] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwiles
Origin:
1100-1200 Perhaps from an unrecorded Old North French wile (singular), from Old French guile; GUILE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Am I proud of resorting to stereotypical womanly wiles when I am supposed to be a postmodernist feminist egalitarian?
  • Make it very clear that when she's in your atmosphere, her wiles are completely inert.
  • No, let such fellows as Williams be taken in by her artful wiles!
  • Their wiles are starting to work.
  • They valued wiles, street smarts, never education.
  • Women with uncooperative husbands were forced to resort either to wiles such as these or to abortion.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 It was impossible to resist her feminine wiles.
clever talk or tricks used to persuade someone to do what you want:  It was impossible to resist her feminine wiles.
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