Word of the Day ： January 7, 2021
devious
不誠實的；迂迴的；曲折的；欺詐的
adjective DEE-vee-us
Definition
1 a ：wandering, roundabout
曲折的；迂迴的
b ：moving without a fixed course : errant
沒有固定路線移動：錯誤
2 ：out-of-the-way, remote
偏遠的；遙遠的
3 a ：deviating from a right, accepted, or common course
偏離正確的路線，普通的路線
b ：not straightforward : cunning; also : deceptive
不簡單：狡猾； 也表：欺騙的
Examples
Our guide took us by a deviousroute to the center of the city.
我們的導遊帶我們經過一條迂迴曲折的路線到達了市中心。
"Monkeys? Oh, my word. Just as nasty as can be. They're like naked little people only more devious." — Mark Hayter, The Courier(Conroe, Texas), 20 Nov. 2020
「猴子？哦，我的話。很討厭他們。它們就像裸體的小矮子，而且十分狡猾。」
Did You Know?
If you think someone devious has lost their way, you're right, etymologically speaking—the word derives from the Latin adjective devius, itself formed from the prefix de-("from" or "away") and the noun via ("way"). When devious was first used in the 16th century, it implied a literal wandering off the way, suggesting something that meandered or had no fixed course (as in "a devious route" or "devious breezes"). Relatively quickly, however, the word came to describe someone or something that had left the right path metaphorically rather than literally, or to describe deceitful rather than straightforward behavior.
從詞義上看，如果您想到某個拐彎抹角的人迷了路，那麼您是猜對了—這個詞來自拉丁語形容詞 devius，其本身由前綴de-（「 from」或「 away」）和 via 名詞（「 way」 」）。 Devious在16世紀時使用，它的含義是字面意義上的徘徊，暗示著蜿蜒或沒有固定路線的事物（例如「a debious route「曲折的路線」」或「 devious breezes？不明白」）。 但是，相對較快地，這個詞用來比喻而不是字面意義上描述的是隱喻地偏離正確道路的某人或某物，或者是描述了欺騙而不是直截了當的行為。
Test Your Vocabulary
Unscramble the letters to create a verb meaning "to use devious methods to achieve one's end": EFALNIG.