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

这是场耐心与机巧游戏，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.

在不被发现情况下，他在运动和热传感器上喷了西，后续被证明这是种机巧而简单黑客技术，可以在第二天晚上阻止任何热量传达到传感器上。

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

我从来没听过他用这种机巧语气说话。通常，我是那个在得体与否边缘踉踉跄跄人。

Vimini was obviously quite pleased with her guile.

维米尼显然颇为自己机巧沾沾自喜。