单词 | ploy |
释义 | ploy/plɔɪ![]() noun 1A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one’s own advantage: the president has dismissed the referendum as a ploy to buy time...
1.1An activity done for amusement: the eternal cross-stitch I was set to do before I could indulge my own ploys OriginLate 17th century (originally Scots and northern English in the sense 'pastime'): of unknown origin. The notion of ‘a calculated plan’ dates from the 1950s. Rhymes |
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