subterfuge
subterfuge 英 [ˈsʌbtəfju:dʒ] 美 [ˈsʌbtərfjudʒ]
n. 托词；借口；诡计
名词复数:subterfuges
- If you want to surprise your mom with a sweatshirt, but don't know her size, it might take an act of subterfuge, like going through her closet, to find it out. Subterfuge is the use of tricky actions to hide or get something.
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- n. 托词；借口；诡计
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1. Men and women were equally guilty of subterfuge.
男人和女人都有一样的诡计.
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2. Their communication is natural and direct, without subterfuge or cunning, and every movement has meaning.
它们的交流自然而直接，没有诡计没有欺骗，每一分每一秒都是那么的有意义。
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3. They may fight you openly in meetings, through the media, or with the subterfuge of palace intrigue. And you'll need to make your case in all those venues.
他们可能会在会议上公开地反对你，可能通过媒体或是一些阴谋诡计来反对你，你必须在上述所有场合都表明自己的观点。
- subterfuge (n.) 1570s, from Middle French subterfuge (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin subterfugium "an evasion," from Latin subterfugere "to evade, escape, flee by stealth," from subter "beneath, below;" in compounds "secretly" (from PIE *sup-ter-, suffixed (comparative) form of *(s)up-; see sub-) + fugere "flee" (see fugitive (adj.)).
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