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

• 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？
• 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。
• The ploy, of course, is to hook customers early and stay with them as their incomes rise.
  它们使用此类招术，当然是希望先勾住消费者，这样在消费者收入增长的时候，就会继续使用它们的产品。
• It is thought the burning sensation of the chilli pepper is an evolutionary ploy to stop mammals eating them.
  有人认为，辣椒味道刺激，这可能是辣椒保护自己不被哺乳动物吃掉的一种进化的策略。
• It was a brilliant ploy.
  真是个精彩的花招。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a political ploy against mayor Ahn before the elections.
  不过是在安市长选举之前的一次政治策略。
• It could be a psychological ploy, or something worse.
  他们可能有点心理问题，或者更糟。