artifice
artifice 英 [ˈɑ:tɪfɪs] 美 [ˈɑrtɪfɪs]
n. 诡计；欺骗；巧妙的办法
名词复数:artifices
- If a politician pretends to be angry as a way of rousing the anger of the voters and getting more votes, he's guilty of artifice — a subtle and crafty trick.
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- n. 诡计；欺骗；巧妙的办法
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1. The first is Obama's aversion to the artifice of politics.
第一在于奥巴马对政治诡计的厌恶。
- artifice (n.) 1530s, "workmanship, the making of something by craft or skill," from Middle French artifice "skill, cunning" (14c.), from Latin artificium "a profession, trade, employment, craft; a making by art; a work of art," from artifex (genitive artificis) "craftsman, artist, master of an art" (music, acting, sculpting, etc.), from stem of ars "art" (see art (n.)) + facere "to make, do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Meaning "crafty device, trick" is from 1650s.
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