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

It's just a ploy to make people feel sorry for him.
让大家为他惋惜只是一个计谋。
He says it appears to be a political ploy.
他说看来这好像是一个政治手段。
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。
Mr Moore, a former ACT health minister, said it might be questioned whether the ploy was promotional, but highlighted the industry's latest of a series of desperate tactics.
摩尔先生是ACT的前卫生部长，他说，这种做法是否是促销宣传可能会受到质疑，但这种做法突出了烟草业不顾一切的系列最新策略。
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。
Russia's friendship with China is not just a ploy by their elites.
俄罗斯和中国的友谊不仅仅是它们的精英所布下的策略。
It is not conceivable that Britons could have been forced to vote a second time ( a standard EU ploy when voters rebel).
很难想象，英国人本可以被迫第二次投票的（一个欧盟对付选民反对时的标准策略）。
India Against Corruption, a grass-roots movement that has spawned an anticorruption political party called the Aam Admi Party, alleged that the transactions amounted to a ploy for DLF to give the Gandhi family property and money to curry favor.
印度反腐败组织（该组织作为一项草根运动推动了反腐败政党平民党（AamAdmiParty）的建立）称，这些交易是DLF的一种策略，旨在用房地产和金钱来贿赂甘地家族。
Using the Welsh name was a clever marketing ploy.
用这个威尔士名字是个聪明的营销策略。