英语词汇“subterfuge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

subterfuge

/ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ

noun [mass noun]

Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal: he had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions [count noun]: I hated all the subterfuges, I hated lying to you...

Jonson's plays challenged the audience to examine the impact of a society governed by deceit and subterfuge.
This is unskillful because it requires subterfuge and deceit, it means that solemn promises made at the time of marriage are broken, and it amounts to a betrayal of trust.
Using guerrilla tactics and subterfuge, Alfred beat the Vikings at their own game.

Synonyms

trickery, intrigue, deviousness, evasion, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, craft, craftiness, slyness, chicanery, bluff, pretence, fraud, fraudulence, sophistry, sharp practice

informal monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, kidology, every trick in the book

Irish informal codology

trick, hoax, ruse, wile, ploy, stratagem, artifice, dodge, bluff, manoeuvre, machination, pretext, pretence, expedient, tactic, intrigue, scheme, deception, fraud, masquerade, blind, smokescreen, sleight, stunt, game

informal con, racket, scam, caper

British informal wheeze

Australian informal lurk

archaic shift

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, or from late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere 'escape secretly', from subter- 'beneath' + fugere 'flee'.

单词	subterfuge
释义	subterfuge /ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ / noun [mass noun] Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal: he had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions [count noun]: I hated all the subterfuges, I hated lying to you... Jonson's plays challenged the audience to examine the impact of a society governed by deceit and subterfuge. This is unskillful because it requires subterfuge and deceit, it means that solemn promises made at the time of marriage are broken, and it amounts to a betrayal of trust. Using guerrilla tactics and subterfuge, Alfred beat the Vikings at their own game. Synonyms trickery, intrigue, deviousness, evasion, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, craft, craftiness, slyness, chicanery, bluff, pretence, fraud, fraudulence, sophistry, sharp practice informal monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, kidology, every trick in the book Irish informal codology trick, hoax, ruse, wile, ploy, stratagem, artifice, dodge, bluff, manoeuvre, machination, pretext, pretence, expedient, tactic, intrigue, scheme, deception, fraud, masquerade, blind, smokescreen, sleight, stunt, game informal con, racket, scam, caper British informal wheeze Australian informal lurk archaic shift Origin Late 16th century: from French, or from late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere 'escape secretly', from subter- 'beneath' + fugere 'flee'.
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