shifty
shifty 英 ['ʃɪftɪ] 美 ['ʃɪfti]
adj. 变化的；诡诈的；机智的
比较级:shiftier 最高级:shiftiest
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- adj. 变化的；诡诈的；机智的
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1. We got to look out for the signs - empty hangers and shifty looks.
我们得注意一切偷窃的迹象，包括店里空空的衣架和顾客诡诈的眼神。
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2. shifty physiognomy, it seems, is independent of these things.
似乎狡诈的面相独立于这些因素。
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3. It's folk wisdom that people fidget, touch their noses, stutter, and break eye contact when they lie - the proverbial "shifty-eyed" look. But research has shown that just isn't so.
民间传说人们说谎时会坐立不安、摸自己的鼻子、说话结巴以及移开眼神接触——即众所周知的目光“躲躲闪闪”，但研究显示并不如此。
- 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.
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