英 [ˈdiːviəsnəs] 美 [ˈdiːviəsnəs]
n. 迂回；曲折
the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
同义词： obliqueness
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
同义词： crookedness
... circuity 迂曲 circuitydeviousnessindirectionoutflank 迂回 circulant 循环行列式 ...
迂回；曲折
Dai li was a natural for the job: he was the classic rise from obscurity to great power through cunning, intelligence, and deviousness.
戴笠天生就是干这份工作的料：他是典型的通过狡诈、才智与阴谋而从默默无闻直到掌握巨大权力的。
Listen to the exact wording, voice inflection, and maybe a hint of deviousness, but these phrases are always a red flag. They reveal the person intends to fail.
听他们的措辞，音调或许话风的转变，但听到这几句话要注意了，它们预示着这些人往往不可靠。
At times you had to employ a certain desperate deviousness to get the job done.
And cynics will take the message too far, justifying every kind of deviousness and inflexibility.
But perhaps no better could be expected from an industry that has proved singularly dim in its deviousness.