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devious [ˊdi:vɪəs] a1) хи́трый; неи́скренний, нече́стный2) око́льный, кру́жный; изви́листый;devious paths око́льные пути́
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devious ['di:vɪəs]∎ she can be very devious elle est parfois très retorse ou sournoise(b) (winding → route) sinueux -
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adjective1) (winding) verschlungen2) (unscrupulous, insincere) verschlagen [Person]; hinterhältig [Person, Methode, Tat]* * *['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) abwegig- academic.ru/86144/deviously">deviously- deviousness* * *de·vi·ous[ˈdi:viəs]to take a \devious route einen Umweg fahren* * *['diːvɪəs]adj1) (= deceitful, sly) person verschlagen, hinterhältig; means, method hinterhältig, krumm (inf); business, plan, game, attempt trickreichby devious means — auf die krumme Tour (inf)
his/her devious mind — seine/ihre verschlungenen Gehirnwindungen
2) (= tortuous) route, way gewunden* * *devious [ˈdiːvjəs; -vıəs] adj (adv deviously)1. abwegig, irrig, falsch (Argumente etc):devious step Fehltritt m2. gewunden (auch fig):take a devious route einen Umweg machen3. umherirrend4. verschlagen, unaufrichtig, falsch:by devious means auf krummen Wegen, hintenherum (beide umg)5. abgelegen (Küsten etc)* * *adjective1) (winding) verschlungen2) (unscrupulous, insincere) verschlagen [Person]; hinterhältig [Person, Methode, Tat]* * *adj.abwegig adj. -
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'di:viəs(not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) tortuoso- deviousness
tr['diːvɪəs]1 (of route, path, etc) tortuoso,-a, sinuoso,-a2 pejorative (cunning, dishonest - person) taimado,-a, artero,-a, zorro,-a; (- plan, method, scheme) astuto,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLby devious means con artimañasdevious ['di:viəs] adj1) crafty: taimado, artero2) winding: tortuoso, sinuosoadj.• desviado, -a adj.• tortuoso, -a adj.'diːviəsby devious means — con artimañas, con tejemanejes
b) ( roundabout) <route/path> tortuoso, sinuoso['diːvɪǝs]ADJ1) (=twisting, winding) [path] tortuoso, sinuoso; [argument] intrincado, enrevesado2) (=crafty) [means] dudoso, artero; [person] taimado* * *['diːviəs]by devious means — con artimañas, con tejemanejes
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[ˈdi:vjəs]devious окольный, кружный; извилистый; devious paths окольные пути devious отдаленный, уединенный devious отклоняющийся от прямого пути; блуждающий devious хитрый; неискренний, нечестный devious окольный, кружный; извилистый; devious paths окольные пути -
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ˈdi:vjəs прил.
1) удаленный, отдаленный;
уединенный;
изолированный Syn: remote, distant, retired, sequestered
2) окольный, кружный, обходной;
отклоняющийся от прямого пути devious paths ≈ окольные пути Syn: roundabout
2., circuitous
3) блуждающий;
слоняющийся;
бродячий( о человеке) Syn: rambling, roving
4) перен. заблудший, сбившийся с пути;
заблуждающийся Syn: erring, straying непрямой, окольный - * paths окольные пути заблуждающийся, заблудший хитрый, неискренний - * person неискренний человек - to be * лавировать;
изворачиваться;
хитрить отдаленный;
уединенный - * coasts далекие берега devious окольный, кружный;
извилистый;
devious paths окольные пути ~ отдаленный, уединенный ~ отклоняющийся от прямого пути;
блуждающий ~ хитрый;
неискренний, нечестный devious окольный, кружный;
извилистый;
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['diːvɪəs]2) (winding) [road, path] tortuoso* * *['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) tortuoso, traverso- deviousness* * *devious /ˈdi:vɪəs/a.1 (fig.) equivoco, subdolo: to get one's own way by devious means, ottenere quello che si vuole con mezzi subdolideviously avv. deviousness n. [u].* * *['diːvɪəs]2) (winding) [road, path] tortuoso -
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[ʹdi:vjəs] a1. непрямой, окольный2. 1) заблуждающийся, заблудший2) хитрый, неискреннийto be devious - лавировать; изворачиваться, хитрить
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'di:viəs(not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) slynget, snodd; utspekulert- deviousnessindirekte--------underfundigadj. \/ˈdiːvjəs\/1) slingret, slynget, snodd, som går omveier2) underfundig3) utspekulert, bedragersk, uærlig, svikefull4) avsides(liggende), fjerndevious ways eller devious paths omveier, sideveier, krokveier -
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['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) lusket; lumsk; uhæderlig- deviousness* * *['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) lusket; lumsk; uhæderlig- deviousness -
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['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) ovinkast, zvit- deviousness* * *[dí:viəs]adjective ( deviously adverb)ovinkast, kriv; oddaljen; bloden; neodkrit, nepošten -
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adj1) непрямий, обхідний, об'їзний, кружний2) заблудний, заблуканий; блукаючий3) хитрий, нещирий4) віддалений; усамітнений* * *a1) непрямий, обхідний2) який помиляється, заблудний; хитрий, нещирий3) віддалений, відокремлений; відлюдний -
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adj. listig, sluw; omheen gaand; krom, kronkelig[ die:viəs] 〈 deviousness〉2 onoprecht ⇒ onbetrouwbaar, sluw♦voorbeelden: -
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1. a непрямой, окольный2. a заблуждающийся, заблудший3. a хитрый, неискренний4. a отдалённый; уединённыйСинонимический ряд:1. blundering (adj.) blundering; confounding; deviating; in error; mistaken2. circuitous (adj.) circuitous; oblique; roundabout; tortuous; winding3. curved (adj.) bending; crooked; curved; curving; twisting4. errant (adj.) aberrant; errant; erring5. obscure (adj.) lonesome; obscure; out-of-the-way; remote; removed; retired; secret6. perverse (adj.) crafty; deceitful; dishonest; dishonorable; foxy; insidious; machiavellian; perverse; shrewd; sly7. stray (adj.) erratic; stray; wandering8. underhand (adj.) duplicitous; guileful; indirect; shifty; sneaking; sneaky; underhand; underhandedАнтонимический ряд:forthright; honest; straight -
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['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) hlykkjóttur, króka-- deviousness -
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csavaros, fondorlatos, tekervényes, kanyargós* * *['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) kanyargós- deviousness
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