Artifice
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 巧办法; 诡计
- ［英］ n. 巧办法 ( skill or ingenuity) ; 诡计 ( a sly trick)
- ［类］ 反义词: candor ( 坦白)
- ［记］ arti ( 技巧) +fice ( 做) -> 做的技巧
- ［例］ The use of mirrors in a room is an artifice to make the room look larger.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: Middle French, from Latin artificium, from artific-, artifex artificer, from Latin art-, ars + facere
- Date: circa 1604
- 1.
- a. clever or artful skill ; ingenuity believing that characters had to be created from within rather than with artifice — Garson Kanin
- b. an ingenious device or expedient
- 2.
- a. an artful stratagem ; trick
- b. false or insincere behavior social artifice
- Synonyms: see trick, art
