All her wiles were not enough to persuade them to sell the villa. 她花言巧语也未能打动他们卖掉别墅。
wile
[ noun ] the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) <noun.act>
Wile \Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS. w[=i]l; cf. Icel. v?l, v[ae]l. Cf. {Guile}.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. --Eph. vi. 11.
Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. --Milton.
Wile \Wile\, v. t. 1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [R.] --Spenser.
2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly. --Tennyson.
But you would be hard-pressed to find as good-natured a novel with which to wile away the time this summer.