We'd see so many other hackathons that came up with wily, ambitious, incredible technological solutions that sounded great in theory but ultimately failed to work in the actual countries they were intended to help.

我们看到许多其它黑客松中诞生了机巧又雄勃勃的、令人惊叹的技术解决方案，它们从理论上极佳，最终却无法在意图帮助的现实国家中成功实行。

It is a game of patience and cunning, but a loss can result in death.

这是一场耐与机巧的游戏，而稍有不慎便会命归西天。

Without being noticed he sprayed the motion and heat sensor with a thin layer that would prove to be an ingenious but simple hack that would stop any heat from reaching it the next night.

在不被发现的情况下，他在运传感器上喷了一层薄薄的东西，后续被证明这是一种机巧而简单的黑客技术，可以在第二天晚上阻止任何量传达到传感器上。

I'd never heard him speak in that lambent tone before. Usually, it was I who teetered on the fringes of propriety.

我从没过他用这种机巧的语气说话。通常，我是那个在得体与否的边缘踉踉跄跄的人。

Vimini was obviously quite pleased with her guile.

维米尼显然颇为自己的机巧沾沾自喜。

And I admit that the question might sound like it's overly clever, and I apologize for that in advance.

我承认这个问题可能过于机巧，在此先为可能的冒犯道歉。