1. 1狡猾地;奸巧地

    If you do something craftily, you do it in a clever, planned way, and you hide the real aim. You wait. You smile. You move when nobody is watching.

    If you do something craftily如果你craftily做某件事,you do it in a clever, planned way你是用聰明、有計劃的方式做的,and you hide the real aim而且把真正的目的藏起來。You wait你等待。You smile你微笑。You move你行動 when nobody is watching趁沒人注意的時候。

    The word is not a simple compliment: it says the person is smart, but a little sneaky, and other people may be tricked. You hear it in stories (a fox moving craftily) and in ordinary talk when someone gets what they want without saying so out loud. It is not very formal, and it is not kind if you use it about a friend who will hear you.

    The word is not a simple compliment這個字不是單純的讚美:it says the person is smart它是說這個人聰明,but a little sneaky但也有點鬼鬼祟祟,and other people may be tricked而其他人可能會被騙。You hear it你會聽到這個字 in stories在故事裡 (a fox moving craftily像狐狸craftily移動) and in ordinary talk以及在日常對話裡 when someone gets what they want當有人得到他們想要的東西 without saying so out loud卻不明講。It is not very formal這個字不太正式,if you use it about a friend who will hear you如果你拿它來說一個會聽到你講話的朋友,it is not kind也不太厚道。

    Though actually, it is just the adverb of , and itself grew out of craft, an old word for skill. So the shape of the word still says “with skill,” but the feeling in today’s English is “with a secret plan.” If you only mean “with great skill,” is the safer word.

    Though actually不過其實,it is just the adverb of crafty它只是crafty的副詞,and crafty itself而crafty本身 grew out of craft是從craft長出來的,an old word for skill一個指技能的古字。So the shape of the word still says "with skill,"所以這個字的形狀依然說著「帶著技能」,but the feeling in today's English is "with a secret plan."但在今天英文裡的感覺是「帶著一個祕密計劃」。If you only mean "with great skill,"如果你只是想表示「非常有技巧」,skilfully is the safer word那用skilfully比較安全。

core核心畫面

組成crafty + -ly. From Old English cræftiġlīċe, “in a skilful / crafty way.” The -ly turns the adjective into an adverb: how someone does the thing.

同家族的字

  • craftythe adjective; craftily is crafty + -ly
  • craftinessthe noun from the same adjective
  • craftthe older ‘skill’ word inside crafty — though craftily now more often means sneaky-clever, not ‘with fine craft’

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

craftilyadv

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    In a crafty manner; slyly.

    • [H]e [Thomas Arundell] by his euill counſaile and prodigious ſuggeſtions, craftilye circumuented the king, inducyng him to graunt his letters of pardon to a great traytour the Erle of Arondell his brother [Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel].
    • But the most bizarre twist of events was yet to come. That afternoon, Labour tabled a craftily worded motion. It would have guaranteed parliamentary time for a bill to ban fracking.

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