单词 | stratagem |
释义 | stratagem/ˈstratədʒəm /noun 1A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end: a series of devious stratagems...
Synonyms plan, scheme, tactic, manoeuvre, move, course/line of action, ploy, gambit, device, wile; trick, ruse, plot, machination, subterfuge, artifice, contrivance, expedient, dodge, deception, deceit British informal wheeze Australian informal lurk archaic shift 1.1 [mass noun] archaic Skill in devising plans or schemes; cunning.The US is effectively addressing the Islamic terror around he globe, through diplomacy, through stratagem and through the use of force depending on ground situation....
OriginLate 15th century (originally denoting a military ploy): from French stratagème, via Latin from Greek stratēgēma, from stratēgein 'be a general', from stratēgos, from stratos 'army' + agein 'to lead'. |
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