单词 | ruse |
释义 | ruse (once / 2815 pages) n Movie bank robbers always seem to pull some kind of ruse, a deceptive trick or tactic like hiding the money underneath the bank while they drive off in the getaway car to avoid capture by the police. You'd use a ruse if you were up to something sneaky and were trying to get away with it without being discovered. The wife planning a surprise birthday party for her husband could send him out to the supermarket as a ruse, a trick so she could sneak one hundred of his closest friends into the house without him noticing. WORD FAMILYruse: ruses USAGE EXAMPLESThe pretext was to bomb the Islamic State; it was a ruse. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) The ruse was revealed in an article that appeared in The Stranger newspaper. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) A well-constructed Russian maskirovka ruse, like a good Russian play, typically builds an underlying narrative before introducing the plot twist. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) n a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) Syn|Hyper artifice maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre a move made to gain a tactical end |
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