BAD PERSONthinking carefully about how to get exactly what you want, often without caring about anyone else – used to show disapproval 精于算计的,工于心计的,费尽心机损人利己的〔含贬义〕
He gave her a calculating look.
他心机深重地看了她一眼。
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calculating• Over the years his experiences had turned him into someone who was both calculating and ruthless.• Mr Reagan pulled off his political con-trick through a mixture of calculatingcharm and genuine niceness.• She was a cold, calculatingcriminal.• How strange to think that Luke's calculatingmessage had been lying here in the shop since the day before.• Yarbrough was a calculatingtroublemaker.
VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be工於心計ADVERB➤coldly冷漠而有心計◇She caught a coldly calculating glint in the other woman's eye.她看到另一個女人眼中閃現出陰冷而工於心計的目光。PHRASES➤cold and calculating冷漠而有心計◇He has a cold and calculating mind.他既冷漠又工於心計。