wile /ˈwaɪ(ə)l/
詭計,欺騙(vt.)欺騙,誘騙,消遣
Wile n. A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. --Eph. vi. 11.
Not more almighty to resist our might,
Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. --Milton.
Wile, v. t.
1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [R.]
2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.
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wile
n : the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, shenanigan]