ploys

英 [plɔɪz]

美 [plɔɪz]

n.  计谋; 策略; 手法; 花招
ploy的复数

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。

双语例句

• Some design ploys to offer the practice feasibility are summarized by comparing and analyzing many examples of the architectural detail in chapter five.
  第五章通过分析、归纳和比较、综合大量实例，总结了细部设计的具体手法，提供了实践的可行性。
• Various ploys are used to try to trip up the machines competing in the Turing test.
  在那次图灵测试中，人们采用了各种手段去让竞争机器出差错。
• Men have a number of ploys which they use to make their inferiors feel awkward.
  男人们有一些用来使下级感到局促不安的手段。
• She tried many ploys to get the boy interested in her.
  她试过很多伎俩去赢取男孩的青睐。
• Brown thinks confidence plays a major role too. The biggest ploys used by theatrical pickpockets and the kind of street pickpockets that will actually engage with you, is simply an incredibly alluring display of confidence, he says.
  布朗认为自信对扒手也很重要，他说：表演扒手和与你接触的街上扒手最重要的策略是展示出富有魅力而又难以置信的自信。
• In the flied of garden art, Islamic gardening art ploys an important role with the unique charm in the world.
  伊新兰庭园造园艺术以其独特的魅力在世界园林艺术领域中占有重要位置。
• Massive Public Architecture Design is now limited to monotonous ploys and invariable thoughts.
  而大型公共建筑设计正困于手法单调、思维陈旧、问题域狭隘。
• Better ploys are perhaps to ask topical or local questions, or even to discuss in conversation what the weather is like or what color the walls are painted.
  更好的手段也许是问一些专题或当地问题，或者，甚至讨论天气怎么样，或墙上喷了什么颜色。
• This was a brazen attempt to create Muslim-Christian tensions, and similar to ploys in Iraq and Pakistan.
  这是一次厚颜无耻的尝试，目的是在穆斯林和基督教之间制造紧张局势，与伊拉克和巴基斯坦的阴谋类似。
• These ploys, they say, served to keep the details of a patent secret while allowing him to broaden its scope to encompass technologies invented and commercialized by others.
  他们指出，这些手段使专利详细内容无法公开，同时让他得以扩大权利围，将其他人所发明及商业化的技术给纳入。