artful

1. ADJ If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people. 狡猾的[usu ADJ n]

Some politicians have realized that there are more artful ways of subduing people than shooting or jailing them. 一些政客已經(jīng)意識(shí)到有比開(kāi)槍鎮(zhèn)壓或監(jiān)禁更狡猾的征服人民的辦法。

2. ADJ If you use artful to describe the way someone has done or arranged something, you approve of it because it is clever or elegant. 巧妙的; 精巧的[正式] [usu ADJ n]

There is also an artful contrast of shapes. 還有一種不同形狀的巧妙對(duì)比。