ploy

英 [plɔɪ]

美 [plɔɪ]

n.  计谋; 策略; 手法; 花招

复数：ploys　过去式：ployed　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.9604 / COCA.11458

牛津词典

noun

• 计谋；策略；手法；花招
  words or actions that are carefully planned to get an advantage over sb else
  1. a clever marketing ploy
     机智的销售策略
  2. It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.
     那全是障眼法，借以转移对他真实目的的注意。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 计策；计谋；手段
  Aployis a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly in order to gain an advantage for themselves.
  1. Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy.
     圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。

英英释义

noun

• a maneuver in a game or conversation
  Synonym:gambitstratagem
• an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
  Synonym:gambit

双语例句

• What odd psychological ploy does Leoben conoy use against Kara Thrace while she's his prisoner on new caprica?
  当里奥本寇诺依在新卡布里卡将卡拉瑟瑞斯囚禁的时候，他用了什么古怪的心理策略？
• If so, it is a ploy to be welcomed.
  如果是这样，这个花招应受到欢迎。
• It is not conceivable that Britons could have been forced to vote a second time ( a standard EU ploy when voters rebel).
  很难想象，英国人本可以被迫第二次投票的（一个欧盟对付选民反对时的标准策略）。
• This ploy can take all sorts of seemingly innocent guises.
  这种策略可以采用各种看上去似乎无害的伪装。
• They appear to be well-organised, even claiming that letting the rebels into the city was a ploy.
  他们似乎精心组织，甚至声称让反政府武装入城是一项策略。
• It was a brilliant ploy.
  真是个精彩的花招。
• It's just a ploy to make people feel sorry for him.
  让大家为他惋惜只是一个计谋。
• However, if your friend pretends over and over again to try and hit you, you can also enter a habituation learning phase, where you stop flinching, since you realize that it's all just a ploy.
  但如果你的朋友总是假装一次又一次的这样做，你也可能进入到习惯性学习阶段，这时你不再退缩，因为你认识到那仅仅是个假象。
• Mr O 'Neill denies that his invention was a marketing ploy.
  奥尼尔否认他的创造是一种市场策略。
• It is too early to judge whether the ploy worked.
  要判断这一策略是否有效，目前还为时尚早。