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

• 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。
• 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 it's been a while since your base pay was adjusted, this ploy might work.
  如果你的基础薪水调剂之后有一段时光了，这个策略可能会奏效。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• Or is the cowboy palaver just a political ploy to keep his core supporters happy?
  或者，他那牛仔式的讲话只是用来取悦他的铁杆支持者的一个政治策略呢？
• The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage.
  伊拉克政权一直利用外交作为争取时间和优势的策略。
• He says it appears to be a political ploy.
  他说看来这好像是一个政治手段。
• If there's anything more annoying than gloating, it's the lame little ploy we call envy preemption.
  如果说什么比幸灾乐祸更令人生气，那就是我们称之为“嫉妒先发制人”的蹩脚小伎俩。