工于心计 meaning in English
adept at scheming; very calculating
Examples
- The crafty man fled from honest work in the cane fields .
那工于心计的人逃避甘蔗园的诚实劳动。 - There was a measure of hypocrisy and calculation in tennie's method .
丹妮的方法显得有点虚伪，有点工于心计。 - She was a designing, an audacious and an unscrupulous young person .
她是个工于心计、轻佻放肆，不讲道德的年轻女子。 - This exclamation was abrupt, but it was also perfectly calculated .
这一句有份量的话虽然显得突兀，却是深思熟虑，工于心计的。 - They are better guarded by their calculations than a virgin by her mother and her convent
她们工于心计，因此远比一个被母亲和修道院看守着的处女防范得周密。