Insidious

(adj.) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; 'glaucoma is an insidious disease'; 'a subtle poison' .

(adj.) intended to entrap .

(adj.) beguiling but harmful; 'insidious pleasures' .

塞西尔编辑

• Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She was suspended upon the surface of the insidious reality until such time as she also should disappear beneath it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• For, almost at once, she had felt the insidious charm of slipping back into a life where every material difficulty was smoothed away. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It was despicable, a very insidious form of prostitution. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She had a curious sort of allegiance with Loerke, all the while, now, something insidious and traitorous. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

编辑:西尔维亚