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单词
subterfuge
释义
subterfuge
sub‧ter‧fuge
/
ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ
$
-ər-
/
noun
[countable, uncountable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
subterfuge
Origin:
1500-1600
Late Latin
subterfugium
, from
Latin
subterfugere
‘to escape’
, from
subter-
‘secretly’
+
fugere
‘to run away’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The ballot issue is a
subterfuge
designed to confuse voters.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
He had a sense of
subterfuge
that was often nearly paralysing.
I dialled and this time decided to try a little
subterfuge
.
I hated all the
subterfuges
, I hated lying to you.
If the real rationale is political
subterfuge
, are these waivers appropriate at all?
M., the president and Barnett agreed on this
subterfuge
.
Soon they would be together for ever, the
subterfuge
and deceit ended.
The whole world worked by
subterfuge
and the will to believe.
formal
a secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of this
by subterfuge
Sereni was lured to Moscow by subterfuge.
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