shifty

• adj. 变化的；诡诈的；机智的

shift,转移，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。

1. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive;

"a devious character"

"shifty eyes"

shifty (adj.)

1560s, "able to manage for oneself, fertile in expedients," from shift (n.1) in secondary sense of "dodge, trick, artifice" + -y (2). Meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery" first recorded 1837. In a sense "prone to shifting," of the wind, used from 1884. Related: Shiftily; shiftiness.

He had a shifty face and previous convictions.

他看起来贼眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。

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What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.

他真是个狡诈的辩论家，总是拒绝给出直截了当的回答。

柯林斯例句

Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.

别一张嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.

辞典例句

She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.

她脸露微笑, 用一种梦幻似的目光看着那变化莫测的景色.

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They were shifty , cheerful , subservient men.

他们都属于这类人:随机应变,欢欢喜喜,善于奉承.

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His hard, shifty little eyes were disconcerting.

他的冷酷 、 鬼鬼祟祟的小眼睛真让人不安.

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Life does shifty things, he is forced to reflect in a most puzzled way.

人生变化无常, 他不得不从最难以理解的地方去考虑.

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A careful study would have revealed very soon that Clinigan's eyes were shifty.

当然,只要细心观察,很快就会发现克林根一双眼睛诡诈溜滑.

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What do you think of the wind? Is It'shifty or steady.

你认为这里的风 怎么样 ?有风摆还是风较稳定?

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There was Walther Funk , the shifty - eyed nonentity who had succeeded Schacht.

在被告席上还有沙赫特的继任者,目光躲闪、无足轻重的人物瓦尔特-丰克.

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That guy is very suspicious, his shifty eyes move constantly.

那个人十分可疑, 瞪着贼眼左顾右盼的.

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The shifty body and light footwork.

身体的闪躲与步法的轻盈.

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How about the wind? Is It'shifty and steady?

风 怎么样 ?有风摆还是稳定?

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It's a quite shifty and gusty.

风摆很大阵风也很明显.

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That girl dresses so sharp all the time . I bet she is doing something shifty.

那个女孩穿著总是很花哨. 我敢说她有点行为不检.

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