subterfuge
英['s?bt?fju?d?]
美['s?bt?fjud?]
- n. 托詞；借口；詭計
詞態變化
復數:?subterfuges;
中文詞源
subterfuge 詭計，欺騙
subter-,更下，來自 sub-,在下，-ter,比較級后綴，-fug,逃跑，詞源同 fugitive,refuge.引申比喻 義偷跑，詭計，欺騙等。
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. The party has predictably rejected the proposals as a subterfuge.
- 不出所料，該黨以這些提議是在耍花招為由而加以拒絕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge.
- 大多數人能一眼看透這種伎倆。
來自辭典例句
- 3. European carping over the phraseology represented a mixture of hypocrisy and subterfuge.
- 歐洲在措詞上找岔子的做法既虛偽又狡詐.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The Independents tried hard to swallow the wretched subterfuge.
- 獨立黨的黨員們硬著頭皮想把這一拙劣的托詞信以為真.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The Lurker focuses on spies, cloaks and subterfuge to devastate opponents.
- 潛行者專注于使用間諜, 掩飾,和詭計去摧毀敵人.
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