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insidious

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源自中古法語 insidieux，源自拉丁語 īnsidiōsus (「狡猾的，欺詐的，騙人的」)，源自īnsidiae (「埋伏，伏擊，詭計，奸計」) + -ōsus，源自īnsideō (「坐在..里或上」)，源自in (「里，上」) + sedeō (「坐」)。

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insidious (比較級 more insidious，最高級 most insidious)

  1. 暗中造成傷害的，潛伏的，有害且隱匿的
    • 1847, George Lippard, The Quaker City: or, The monks of Monk-Hall:
      Strong and vigorous man as he looks, Livingstone has been for years the victim of a secret and insidious disease.
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    • 1997, Matthew Wood, The book of herbal wisdom: using plants as medicine:
      At some point in time they may become the source of an insidious cancer.
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    • 2007, Sharon Weinstein, Ada Lawrence Plumer, Principles and practice of intravenous therapy:
      The nurse always must be alert to signs of slow leak or insidious infiltration.
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    • 2023年3月8日, Gareth Dennis, 「The Reshaping of things to come...」, 出自 RAIL, 第 978 期，第 49 頁:
      The impact on rural communities of rail closures was acute, but I would argue that the worst outcome it created was the long-term diminishment of suburban capacity outside London, which has had a far more insidious effect on rail usage nationally.
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  2. 誘惑而有危害的
    • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, 「Barnaby Rudge」, 出自 Master Humphrey’s Clock, 第 III 卷, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, chapter 48，第 215 頁:
      Gashford slid his cold insidious palm into his master's grasp, and so, hand in hand, and followed still by Barnaby and by his mother too, they mingled with the concourse.
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    • 1948, D.V. Chitaley (editor or publisher), All India Reporter, volume 3, page 341:
      All these facts clearly appear to me now to establish that the sanctioned scheme was a part of a bigger and […] more insidious scheme which was to hoodwink the creditors and to firmly establish and consolidate the position […]
    • 1969, Dorothy Brewster, John Angus Burrell, Dead reckonings in fiction:
      The atmosphere of this insidious city comes out to meet him the moment he touches the European shore; for in London he meets Maria Gostrey just over from France.
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    • 1983, James C. H. Shen, 「Rejoining the Government」, 出自 Robert Myers 編, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎[1], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC，第 28 頁:
      They all sought the President's views on the world situation in general and the Asian situation in particular. Without mincing words he would comment on his favorite theme, namely, the insidious scheme of the international Communists to conquer the free world.
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    • 2005, Anita Desai, Voices in the City, page 189:
      This seemed to her the worst defilement into which this insidious city had cheated her and in her agitation, she nearly ran into the latrine, […]
    • 2007, Joseph Epstein, Narcissus Leaves the Pool，第 171 頁:
      This is the insidious way sports entrap you: you follow a player, which commits you to his team. You begin to acquire scraps of utterly useless information about teammates, managers, owners, trainers, agents, lawyers.
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    Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.
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  3. (非標準) 奸詐的，出賣別人的
    • 1858, Phineas Camp Headley, The life of the Empress Josephine: first wife of Napoleon:
      But with whom do you contract that alliance? With the natural enemy of France — that insidious house of Austria — which detests our country from feeling, system, and necessity.
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    • 1912, Ralph Straus, The prison without a wall:
      ‘Believe me,’ he shouted, ‘these insidious folk talk dangerous nonsense. I hear they are spouting out their ridiculous platitudes not five miles from this park in which we are standing…’
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    The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.
    因為有背叛者，所以這場戰鬥輸了。

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