ploy

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n. 手段, 活动, 玩乐

发音

其它 /plɔɪ/

词形变化

ploys 复数 ploys ployed ploying ploys 三单 ploying 现在分词 ployed 过去式 ployed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

策略；活动；工作

动词

使部队由横队变为纵队

动词

由横队变为纵队

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

    可数 不可数

    Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem

    The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.

  2. 2.

    Sport; frolic.

    苏格兰 英国 可数 方言 不可数
  3. 3.

    Employment.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

    政治 军事

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

gambit stratagem

上位词 5

comment input maneuver remark manoeuvre

相关短语

Trollope ploy ratings ploy

词源

Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plicāre.

来源：wiktionary