insidious

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a. 隐伏的, 阴险的, 狡猾的 [医] 隐袭的

发音

US /ɪnˈsɪdi.əs/

词形变化

more insidious 比较级 most insidious 最高级

别名

incidious insiduous

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

    阴险

    狡诈

    潜移默化的

  2. 2.

    Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.

    Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.

    All these facts clearly appear to me now to establish that the sanctioned scheme was a part of a bigger and […] more insidious scheme which was to hoodwink the creditors and to firmly establish and consolidate the position […]

    This seemed to her the worst defilement into which this insidious city had cheated her and in her agitation, she nearly ran into the latrine, […]

  3. 3.

    Treacherous.

    The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

subtle pernicious

近义相关 4

dangerous harmful unsafe seductive

词源

From Middle French insidieux, from Latin īnsidiōsus (“cunning, artful, deceitful”), from īnsidiae (“a lying in wait, an ambush, artifice, stratagem”) + -ōsus, from īnsideō (“to sit in or on”), from in (“in, on”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

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