Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.

从人类初有了智慧至今，人们一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是一般肮脏的工作。

Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world?

积木为何是世界上巧妙的玩具？

The brilliance of Dujiangyan is that it takes full advantage of the local terrain.

都江堰的巧妙之处在于它充分利用了当地的地形。

They received the prize for developing this ingenious tool for organic synthesis.

他们出这种巧妙的有机合成工具而获奖。

But some providers do have ingenious extra features.

但一些应商的确为人们提了一些巧妙的额外功能。

I've found there's a sweet spot during which I am most productive.

我现了一个巧妙的平衡点，在这一点，我的工作高。

No one was ever bored watching him - his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

看他的表演没有人会感到无聊——他巧妙的表演使得一切都那么滑稽可笑。

Is this an ingenious solution to the problem?

这是解决问题的巧妙方法吗？

They asked smart and probing questions.

他们询问了一些巧妙的探索性问题。

The ants have an ingenious solution.

蚂蚁有一个巧妙的解决办法。

His pacey, readable prose steers deftly clear of modern idioms and elegantly brings to life the details of the great tale.

他节奏明快、可读性强的散文巧妙地避了现代成语，优雅地将伟大故事的细节带入生活。

Slowly and unskilfully he imitated the old man's delicate gestures.

他慢慢地笨拙地学着老人那巧妙的动作。

But really, it was an idea that was skillfully implanted by me.

但实际上 都是我巧妙植入的潜意识。

But his most ingenious idea was to add a small window.

但他巧妙的想法是增加一个小窗口。

If our house was falling apart you wouldn't fly around the world in business class chatting about how the market will solve everything with clever small solution to specific isolated problems.

如果我们的房子分崩离析，你就不会乘坐商务舱飞来飞去，谈论市场将如何用巧妙的小伎俩解决具体的孤立的问题。

This time absent the pressure to strategically use my immigrant background to gain sympathy points.

这次，不再有巧妙利用我的移民背景博取同情分的压力。

He recounts in one neat reversal the turn in the history of invective.

他讲述了谩骂史上一个巧妙的逆转。

In Michele's masterful stroke of giving the name worldwide appeal opened up new markets.

米凯莱巧妙赋予的这个名字在世界范围内广为人知，辟了新的市场。

This clever design work earned the stadium several sustainability certifications, including a five-star GSAS rating.

这个巧妙的设计为体育场赢得了多项可持续展认证，包括五星 GSAS 评级。

Now, the next thing you want to do is to subtly mimic your date.

现在，接下来你要做的就是巧妙地模仿你的约会对象。