But all that hard work and investment combined with clever diplomacy earned the city a long

但所有勤工作和投资， 加上巧妙的外交手段， 为座城市赢得长久的发展。

The devices which the convention adopted to prevent such a centralization of authority were exceedingly ingenious and well calculated to accomplish the purposes of the authors.

公约为防止种权力集中而采的手段非常巧妙， 并且过精心设计， 可以实现作者的目的。

Even though today's computers have far more memory than that, few have succeeded, and those that have done well focused more on finding clever ways to fool judges than using overwhelming computing power.

虽然现代的电脑具备更多的内存，没有几个通过图灵测试。那通过图灵测试的电脑并不压倒性的计算能力，而巧妙的手段来迷惑判官。

He was dexterous to make him comfortable, and he exercised a cunning of which I should never have thought him capable to induce him to take the medicines prescribed by the doctor.

他的手脚非常利索，把病人弄得舒舒服服。大夫开药，他总连哄带骗地劝病人按时服，我从来没想到他的手段么巧妙。