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单词 ploy
释义
ploy
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A ploy is a clever plan that helps you get what you want. A manipulative little girl might shed tears simply as a ploy to get her mother to buy her ice cream.
A politician might add amendments to a bill as a ploy to delay voting, or a hooligan might yell, "Fire!" in a movie theater as a ploy to sneak his friends in. A sneaky move in a game is a ploy, and sensational news about a celebrity can be just a ploy to get him more media attention. The first recorded use of ploy was in 1722, meaning "anything with which one amuses oneself" in Scottish and Northern English dialects.
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ploy: ploys
USAGE EXAMPLES
This looks like little more than a cynical ploy to stoke public antipathy to federal regulation.
Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)
Massachusetts Republicans say the criticism is a political ploy.
Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)
Lawyers for the city called the suit a “last-minute ploy to nullify a legislative directive and eviscerate” the city’s promise to protect applicants’ privacy.
New York Times(Dec 21, 2016)
1n a maneuver in a game or conversation
Syn|Hyper
gambit, stratagem
maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre
a move made to gain a tactical end
2n an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
Syn|Hyper
gambit
comment, input, remark
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
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