cunning是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. /a. 狡猾(的) ; 精巧(的)，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Potatau was an old man, remarkable rather for cunning than bravery; but he had a Prime Minister who was both intelligent and energetic, a descendant of the Ngatihahuas, who occupied the isthmus before the arrival of the strangers.
-- If by ill luck the Maories, more cunning than the fugitives, had only pretended to retreat; if they were not really duped by the volcanic phenomenon, this was the spot where their presence would be betrayed.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'The cunning rascal!He knew our number, knew that Sir Henry Baskerville had consulted me, spotted who I was in Regent Street, conjectured that I had got the number of the cab and would lay my hands on the driver, and so sent back this audacious message.
-- The light beneath him was reflected in his small, cunning eyes which peered fiercely to right and left through the darkness, like a crafty and savage animal who has heard the steps of the hunters.
-- But, by heavens, cunning as he is, the fel-low shall be in my power before another day is past!'
-- There's the devilish cunning of it!If he were acting through a human agent we could get some evidence, but if we were to drag this great dog to the light of day it would not help us in putting a rope round the neck of its master.'
-- 'A cunning preparation of it,' said Holmes, sniffing at the dead animal.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Finally, Totski took cunning means to try to break his chains and be free.
-- You know he deceived us last night, the cunning rascal.
-- There was a look of cunning in his eyes, however.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'See the cunning brackets to hold candles, and the nice green sild, puckered up, with a gold rose in the middle, and the pretty rack and stool, all complete,' added Meg, opening the instrument and displaying its beauties.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing.
-- Would now St. Paul would come along that way, and to my breezelessness bring his breeze!O Nature, and O soul of man!how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies!not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind."
-- A strange, apostolic whim having seized him, he had left Neskyeuna for Nantucket, where, with that cunning peculiar to craziness, he assumed a steady, common-sense exterior, and offered himself as a green-hand candidate for the Jeroboam's whaling voyage.
-- Every one knows that by the peculiar cunning of their gills, the finny tribes in general breathe the air which at all times is combined with the element in which they swim; hence, a herring or a cod might live a century, and never once raise its head above the surface.
-- So, though in the clear air of day, suspended against a blue-veined neck, the pure-watered diamond drop will healthful glow; yet, when the cunning jeweller would show you the diamond in its most impressive lustre, he lays it against a gloomy ground, and then lights it up, not by the sun, but by some unnatural gases.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Jew seemed much vexed by Oliver's not expressing any greater curiosity on the subject; but the truth is, that, although Oliver felt very anxious, he was too much confused by the earnest cunning of Fagin's looks, and his own speculations, to make any further inquiries just then.
-- 'Now,' muttered the Jew, as he knocked at the door, 'if there is any deep play here, I shall have it out of you, my girl, cunning as you are.'
-- But Mr. Bumble was cunning enough; and he at once saw that an opportunity was opened, for the lucrative disposal of some secret in the possession of his better half.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.'
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The whole was tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters.
-- The event has proved, that I was a cunning fool, providing with great circumspection for a possible opportunity of making myself contemptible and wretched for ever.
-- THAT was due to the folly of Robert, and the cunning of his wife; and it was earned by them before many months had passed away.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The city has its cunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter.
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