英文字典中文字典


英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com



中文字典辞典   英文字典 a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z       







请输入英文单字,中文词皆可:

artifice    音标拼音: ['ɑrtəfɪs]
n. 技巧,巧妙,诡计

技巧,巧妙,诡计

artifice
n 1: a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [synonym:
{ruse}, {artifice}]

Artifice \Ar"ti*fice\, n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer;
ars, artis, art facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
[1913 Webster]

The material universe . . . in the artifice of God,
the artifice of the best Mechanist. --Cudworth.
[1913 Webster]

3. Artful or skillful contrivance.
[1913 Webster]

His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much
artifice. --Craik.
[1913 Webster]

4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.

Note: [Now the usual meaning.]
[1913 Webster]

Those who were conscious of guilt employed
numerous artifices for the purpose of averting
inquiry. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

211 Moby Thesaurus words for "artifice":
Gongorism, Italian hand, Machiavellianism, action, acuteness,
ad hoc measure, adeptness, adroitness, affectation, affectedness,
ambidexterity, answer, art, artful dodge, artfulness,
artificiality, astuteness, bad faith, bag of tricks, blind, bluff,
bosey, cabal, cageyness, callidity, canniness, catch, chicane,
chicanery, chouse, cleverness, collusion, complicity, complot,
confederacy, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, contrivance,
contriving, countermove, counterplot, coup, course of action,
covin, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, curve, curve-ball,
cute trick, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deep-laid plot,
demarche, design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dishonesty,
dissimulation, dodge, dodgery, double-dealing, doubleness,
doubleness of heart, duplicity, effort, engineering, euphemism,
euphuism, expedient, faithlessness, fakement, falseheartedness,
falseness, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, finagling,
fine Italian hand, finesse, foul play, foxiness, frame-up, gambit,
game, gamesmanship, gimmick, googly, grift, guile, hocus-pocus,
hyperelegance, improbity, improvisation, ingeniousness, ingenuity,
insidiousness, intrigue, inventiveness, joker, juggle, jugglery,
jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, keenness, knavery, last expedient,
last resort, last shift, little game, low cunning, machination,
makeshift, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation, manneredness,
mannerism, means, measure, move, one-upmanship, originality,
overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement, pass,
pettifoggery, pettifogging, pis aller, plot, plotting, ploy,
preciosity, preciousness, pretentiousness, proficiency, purism,
quickness, racket, rascality, readiness, red herring, resort,
resource, resourcefulness, rigging, ruse, satanic cunning, scheme,
schemery, scheming, scurvy trick, shake-up, sharp practice,
sharpness, shift, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, skulduggery,
sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, slipperiness,
slyness, sneakiness, solution, sophistry, stealth, stealthiness,
step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy,
subterfuge, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, supercherie,
suppleness, tactic, temporary expedient, treachery, trick,
trickery, trickiness, trump, two-facedness, underhand dealing,
underhandedness, underplot, unnaturalness, wariness,
web of intrigue, wile, wiles, wiliness, wily device, wire-pulling,
wit, working hypothesis, working proposition


请选择你想看的字典辞典:
单词字典翻译
artifice查看 artifice 在百度字典中的解释百度英翻中〔查看〕
artifice查看 artifice 在Google字典中的解释Google英翻中〔查看〕
artifice查看 artifice 在Yahoo字典中的解释Yahoo英翻中〔查看〕





安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!


中文字典英文字典工具:
选择颜色:
输入中英文单字

































































英文字典中文字典相关资料:


  • ARTIFICE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of ARTIFICE is clever or artful skill : ingenuity How to use artifice in a sentence The Difference Between Art and Artifice Synonym Discussion of Artifice
  • ARTIFICE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    ARTIFICE definition: 1 (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive: 2 (the use of) a clever trick or… Learn more
  • ARTIFICE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile trickery; guile; craftiness a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient obsolete
  • Artifice - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    Before taking on its current meaning, artifice meant a skilled piece of workmanship A beautiful diamond bracelet might have been considered a piece of artifice, for example; now it would only be called artifice if the diamonds were fake
  • artifice, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
    What does the noun artifice mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun artifice , two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • ARTIFICE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    For all the artifice, it has a distinctly tactile feel It enables the exchange to continue but without the artifice and the waste We have been considering the relations of the parts of one tree and a passing partnership between nature and artifice
  • Artifice - definition of artifice by The Free Dictionary
    Cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something; art or skill: "Literary artifice is the only means that a writer has at his disposal How else can he convey his impression of life?" (Harry Levin) b An artistic device or convention: artifices such as conceits and puns
  • artifice noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of artifice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • Artifice Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
    Something contrived or made up to achieve an end, especially by deceiving; a stratagem or ruse A clever expedient Cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something; art or skill Borrowing from Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium Gibbon's stylistic artifice both averted the peril of prosecution and rendered the attack more telling
  • artifice - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices) A crafty but underhanded deception The notion that consequence can be as easily managed as PR is the ultimate artifice and the ultimate delusion A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse





中文字典-英文字典  2005-2009