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美:[ɪnˈsɪdiəs]
英:[ɪnˈsɪdiəs]
美:[ɪnˈsɪdiəs]
adj.
隐伏的,潜在的
暗中为害的
阴险的
狡猾的
in·sid·i·ous
ihn sI di s
insidiously (adv.), insidiousness (n.)
词根:insidious
adv.insidiously 阴险地;隐伏地;暗中为害地
n.insidiousness 在不知不觉之间加剧;隐伏(阴险)
adjective
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness.Their insidious plot included not only the assassination of President Lincoln but the killing of the Vice President and Secretary of State as well.
seemingly or outwardly harmless, but actually very dangerous.Glaucoma is an insidious disease that can damage a person's eyes before causing any symptoms.The insidious message in the speaker's rhetoric planted seeds of hatred and violence.
1540年代,源自法语 insidieux “阴险的”(15世纪)或直接源自拉丁语 insidiosus “欺诈的,狡猾的,狡诈的”,来自 insidiae(复数)“阴谋,陷阱,伏击”,来自 insidere “坐在,占据”,来自 in- “在”(来自 PIE 词根 *en “在”)+ sedere “坐”,来自 PIE 词根 *sed-(1)“坐”。比喻意义上,通常带有潜伏和诱捕的意图。相关词汇: Insidiously; insidiousness。
隐袭的:发展渐进且不明显而难以捉摸的
Latin insidiosus, from insidiae ambush, from insidēre to sit in, sit on, from in- + sedēre to sit — more at sit
The first known use of insidious was in 1545
insignificantadjective
not significant : unimportant
insignificantadjective
not significant : unimportant
insignificancenoun
the quality or state of being insignificant
insignianoun
an emblem of a special authority, office, or honor : badge
insignianoun
an emblem of a special authority, office, or honor : badge
insightnoun
the power or act of seeing into or understanding a situation
insidiousadjective
awaiting a chance to trap : treacherous
an insidious foe
harmful but attractive
an insidious habit
having an effect that develops gradually
an insidious disease
insidiousadjective
awaiting a chance to trap : treacherous
an insidious foe
harmful but attractive
an insidious habit
having an effect that develops gradually
an insidious disease
insidiousadjective
developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent
an insidious disease
1 I can’t keep my girl locked in a room, free from the insidious influence of juice cleanses and Tracy Anderson.
2 “It’s much more insidious to have middling, ancillary female roles where the women are not part of the plot — where they don’t advance anything,” she said.
3 This fascinating insight cast some light for me on a phenomenon I’ve long puzzled over: the enduring, not well-acknowledged, insidious and quite endemic hostility toward well-educated professional women that exists in our culture.
4 At the same time, Turner understood the exhilaration among the tormentors and the insidious way it could claim him.
5 False cheer can be just as insidious as easy despair.
6 The insidious onset and slow progression of symptoms usually result in delayed diagnosis.
由于发病时?状不明显且病程进展缓慢,通常造成诊断延误.
7 The food chain has magnified the effect of the spill in other insidious ways.
食物链以一种更隐蔽的方式放大了石油泄漏的影响。
8 Perhaps the most insidious link these sensational novels and press reports made was the one between abortion and infanticide.
9 By focusing the storyline on a particular form of racism — the kind that’s often disguised as peculiar envy — “Get Out” reveals something more insidious.
10 Perhaps this is just his way of demonstrating the “overcompensation and fake bravado” that, he says, “were really just another, more insidious, manifestation of the coward.”
11 Cielo is a proxy for the audience to learn about the insidious practice of capture and torture.
12 But cruelty can also be furtive and insidious.
13 The virus has flattened businesses citywide, but its effects have often been more insidious on minority-owned shops.
14 Jealousy is insidious; it is fueled by a person’s insecurity, and jealousy has a way of transmitting this insecurity from the host to the partner.
15 Lipstadt seeks to awaken her audience to the nature, persistence and scale of an age-old prejudice that never seems to die, along with the insidious new ways in which it seeks to disguise itself.
16 “She has mounted a false and vicious media campaign to vilify Mr. Winston with the objective of getting him to pay her to go away. Ms. Kinsman is motivated by the most insidious objectives — greed.”
17 I am victim of that most insidious social diseases: shoppers'malaise.
我患上了严重的社会病 -- 购物者不安症.
18 “Depression is so insidious and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.”
19 Eventually, the kitten was extracted, and, because of my son-in-law’s subsequent tedious argument of insidious intent, it suddenly belonged to me.
20 Speaking at a press briefing ahead of his speech, Gaiman said the consequences of not funding and of closing down libraries were "insidious and slow".
1 潜在
2 欺诈
unfair indirect deceptive bogus disingenuous insincere plant fraud fiddle juggle cunning imposition dishonesty ruse guile insincerity bunco imposture knavery swindling cheat racketeer trick impose scam defraud bilk flimflam swindle skin game two faces under one hood
4 阴险
dark double subtle feline sly wily serpentine reptilian underhand snaky Mephistophelean Mephistophelian viperous cattish venomed Jesuitic subtlety blackness balefulness venomousness felon underhanded catty sinister dishonest disingenuous conspiratorial viperish darkness dishonesty jesuitism designing backstairs guileful hole-and-corner guile foulness jesuitry
5 狡诈
wide sly devious politic overreaching louche pettifogging trickish subdolous overreachingly subdolously quirkily shiftily quirkiness craftiness wiliness on the crook bad faith smart subtle slim dishonest cunning artful designing underhand snaky pawky craft artifice vulpecular deep quaint feline wily foxy canny scheming carney vulpine knavish fallacy guile
6 阴险的
dark double subtle feline sly wily serpentine reptilian underhand snaky Mephistophelean Mephistophelian viperous cattish venomed Jesuitic sinister felon underhanded catty devious dishonest disingenuous conspiratorial viperish designing backstairs guileful hole-and-corner
9 狡猾
fast-fingered pretty smart funny sharp subtle tricky slim slick slippery crafty dishonest cunning sly astute knowing shrewd artful devious designing wily serpentine leery foxy canny politic downy cagey vulpine snaky tricksy pawky iky coony trickish subtly craftily cattily subtlety dishonesty guile lubricity craftiness jesuitism mala fide vulpecular old flash wise artificial arch shifting greasy feline dodgy disingenuous deceitful twisty snide calculating catty guileful sleekit cattish sleeky snidy calc. policy craft wile sleight jesuitry
12 狡猾的
fast-fingered pretty smart funny sharp subtle tricky slim slick slippery crafty dishonest cunning sly astute knowing shrewd artful devious designing wily serpentine leery foxy canny politic downy cagey vulpine snaky tricksy pawky iky coony trickish vulpecular old flash wise artificial arch shifting greasy feline dodgy disingenuous deceitful twisty snide calculating catty guileful sleekit cattish sleeky snidy calc.
13 隐伏的
14 秘密行动的
15 狡诈的
wide sly devious politic overreaching louche pettifogging trickish subdolous smart subtle slim dishonest cunning artful designing underhand snaky pawky vulpecular deep quaint feline wily foxy canny scheming carney vulpine knavish
16 潜伏的