insidiously是什么意思？

insidiously

英[ɪn'sɪdɪəslɪ] 美[ɪn'sɪdɪrslɪ]

• adv. 潜在地，隐伏地，阴险地；

形容词：insidious;

例句

• This disease may develop insidiously, with fever as the only clinical manifestation. 这种病可能隐袭发生, 仅有发热为其唯一的临床表现.
• Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive. 妄想有时也具有潜在的破坏性。
• Slowly, insidiously, the fog of the everyday has returned to enshroud me. 慢慢地, 不知不觉地, 日常的迷雾又回来笼罩了我.
• Actinobacillosis develops insidiously in soft tissues. 放线杆菌病是在软组织中呈隐袭性发生的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  隐伏的;潜在的;不知不觉间加剧的
  Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.
  例句
  The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years... 变化是悄然发生的,15 到 20 年间不会产生明显影响。 They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism. 他们关注的是公开的歧视,而不是种族主义的一些潜在问题。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. in a harmfully insidious manner;
  "these drugs act insidiously"