Guile is the clever, quiet kind of dishonesty: you do not smash your way through; you twist, hide, and trick so that someone believes the wrong thing. It is usually uncountable — we say a person has guile, uses guile, or is full of guile, not 'a guile'.

Guile is the clever, quiet kind of dishonesty guile是一種聰明、不張揚的不誠實 you do not smash your way through你不是硬闖 you twist, hide, and trick而是拐彎、隱藏、耍手段 so that someone believes the wrong thing讓對方相信錯的事情。 It通常 is usually uncountable是不可數名詞 we say a person has guile, uses guile, or is full of guile我們會說一個人has guile、uses guile，或is full of guile not 'a guile'而不會說'a guile'。

The word feels a little literary, a little old-fashioned, but it is still alive. A news writer might talk about political guile; a storyteller might give a fox or a trickster guile.

The word feels a little literary, a little old-fashioned這個詞聽起來有點文學、有點老派 but it is still alive但現在還是有人用。 A news writer might talk about political guile新聞寫作者可能會提到political guile（政治手腕） a storyteller might give a fox or a trickster guile說故事的人可能會讓一隻狐狸或搗蛋角色帶有guile。

In ordinary talk, students more often hear sneaky, cunning, or sly.

In ordinary talk在日常對話裡 students more often hear sneaky, cunning, or sly學生更常聽到的是sneaky、cunning，或sly這些詞。

Though actually, guile is not always a cartoon-villain word. People sometimes use it with a thin smile, as if the cleverness were almost impressive — but the core is still deception, not honest skill.

Though actually不過其實 guile is not always a cartoon-villain wordguile不一定是卡通反派專用的詞。 People sometimes use it with a thin smile有人有時候會帶著一絲笑意用這個詞 as if the cleverness were almost impressive好像那份聰明幾乎讓人佩服 but the core is still deception但核心還是欺騙 not honest skill不是光明正大的本事。

There is an old verb to guile, meaning to deceive, but you will almost never meet it now; the noun is the one that lives.

There is an old verb to guile以前有個動詞to guile meaning to deceive意思是欺騙 but you will almost never meet it now但你現在幾乎不會遇到它了 the noun is the one that lives活下來的是名詞這個形式。