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单词 intrigue
释义 in·trigue
I. \ə̇n.ˈtrēg sometimes ˈin.ˌt-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French intriguer to puzzle, intrigue, from Italian intrigare to intrigue, from Latin intricare to entangle
transitive verb
1. archaic : cheat, trick
2. : to get, make, or accomplish by intrigue
 < intrigue some bill through the senate — Thornton Wilder >
 < intrigued their way through ballrooms and bedrooms — Time >
 < intrigued themselves into office — F.M.Ford >
3. obsolete : entangle, complicate
4.
 a. : to arouse the interest, desire, or curiosity of (as by beguiling or baffling) : beguile
  < a tale that intrigues the reader >
  < an intriguing smile >
  < became intrigued with sketching children — Newsweek >
 b. : to engage by intriguing in this way
  < has become something distinctive enough to intrigue our interest — Charlton Laird >
  < have intrigued my attention and tightly gripped my fancy — Paul Ives >
intransitive verb
: to carry on an intrigue: as
 a. : plot, scheme
  < intrigued and conspired against him to the end — Hilaire Belloc >
 b. : to engage in a clandestine or illicit affair or intimacy
II. \ˈin.ˌtrēg, ə̇n.ˈt-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, crafty scheme, plot, love affair, from Italian intrigo crafty scheme, from intrigare to intrigue
1. obsolete : intricacy, complexity
2.
 a. : a covert and involved scheme to accomplish one's end by devious maneuvering and crafty stratagem
  < the party politicians … reverted to their familiar intrigues and maneuvers — H.G.Wells >
  < the intrigues and conspiracies of the middle ages — Edmond Taylor >
 b. : a tendency toward or the practice of engaging in such schemes
  < jealousy and intrigue and backbiting, producing a poisonous atmosphere of underground competition — Bertrand Russell >
  < ambitious, unscrupulous, and cruel, a master of intrigue — Victor Seroff >
3. : the plot of a literary or dramatic work especially marked by an intricacy of design or action or a complex interrelation of events
 < the play rightly shows greater concern for comic intrigue than for human probability — Time >
4. : a clandestine affair or intimacy
 < that hard-to-be-governed passion of youth hurried me frequently into intrigues with low women — Benjamin Franklin >
Synonyms: see plot
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