单词 | insidious |
释义 | insidiousWord family adverbinsidiouslyadjectiveinsidiousnouninsidiousness in·sid·i·ous /ɪnˈsɪdiəs/ adjectiveadj formal BADan insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm 〔变化或问题〕暗中为害的,不知不觉间加剧的 an insidious trend towards censorship of the press 实行新闻审查的潜在趋势 —insidiously adverbadv —insidiousness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus insidious• A more insidious form of water pollution is chemicals used on farms that get into the water supply. (1500-1600) Latin insidiosus, from insidiae “attack from a hiding-place”, from insidere “to sit on, lie in wait”, from sedere “to sit” |
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