[N-COUNT 可数名词]诡计；花招；骗局 A trick is an action that is intended to deceive someone.
We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me.
我们正在戏弄那个一直烦我的家伙。
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[VERB 动词]欺骗；哄骗 If someone tricks you, they deceive you, often in order to make you do something.
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Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him...
如果斯蒂芬发现你怎样欺骗了他，他会非常气愤。
His family tricked him into going to Pakistan, and once he was there, they took away his passport...
家人骗他去了巴基斯坦，等到他一到那里，他们就拿走了他的护照。
His real purpose is to trick his way into your home to see what he can steal.
他的真实目的就是设局欺骗你以进入你的家里，看看他可以偷走什么。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]把戏；绝技 A trick is a clever or skilful action that someone does in order to entertain people.
He shows me card tricks.
他表演纸牌戏法给我看。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]窍门；诀窍；技巧 A trick is a clever way of doing something.
Tiffany revamped her sitting room with simple decorative tricks.
蒂法尼采用简单的装饰技巧将起居室翻新。
It is not just a little trick you can pick up in half an hour.
这不是你半个小时就能学会的小窍门。
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See also:
confidence trick
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conjuring trick
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hat-trick
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[PHRASE 短语]奏效；达到目的 If something does the trick, it achieves what you wanted.
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Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.
有时说几句尖酸刻薄的话就有人听了。
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[PHRASE 短语]千方百计；浑身解数；所有的办法 If someone tries every trick in the book, they try every possible thing that they can think of in order to achieve something.
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Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
各公司想方设法地保持比竞争者领先一步的优势。
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[PHRASE 短语]灯光造成的幻觉 If you say that something is a trick of the light, you mean that what you are seeing is an effect caused by the way that the light falls on things, and does not really exist in the way that it appears.
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Her head appears to be on fire but that is only a trick of the light.
她的头部看上去像是着火了，但那只是灯光造成的幻觉。
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[PHRASE 短语]无所(不)知；无事(不)晓；把握住任何机会 If you say that someone does not miss a trick, you mean that they always know what is happening and take advantage of every situation.
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When it comes to integrating their transport systems, the French don't miss a trick.
法国人从不放过任何整合其交通系统的机会。
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[PHRASE 短语]（行业）诀窍，门道，绝活 The tricks of the trade are the quick and clever ways of doing something that are known by people who regularly do a particular activity.
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To get you started, we have asked five successful writers to reveal some of the tricks of the trade.
为了让你开始写作，我们邀请了 5 位成功作家向你透露一些写作秘诀。
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[PHRASE 短语]故伎重演；耍老花招 If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave.
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I have no respect for my father who, having remarried, is still up to his old tricks.
我对父亲没任何敬意，他已经再婚，却依然喜欢耍老把戏。
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you can't teach an old dog new tricks→see:
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tricktrickstrickedtrickingnoun★sth to cheat sb 用以骗人1★something that you do to make sb believe sth which is not true, or to annoy sb as a joke 诡计；花招；骗局；把戏◆They had to think of a trick to get past the guards.他们只好想出个计谋骗过岗哨。◆The kids are always playing tricks ontheir teacher. 孩子们经常耍些花招戏弄老师。☞see also
confidence trick
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dirty trick
sth confusing 令人困惑的事2★something that confuses you so that you see, understand, remember, etc. things in the wrong way 引起错觉（或记忆紊乱）的事物◆One of the problems of old age is that your memory can start to play trickson you. 老年人的问题之一是记忆可能紊乱起来。◆Was there somebody standing there or was it a trick of the light?是真的有人站在那儿还是光线引起的错觉？entertainment 娱乐3★a clever action that sb/sth performs as a way of entertaining people 戏法；把戏◆He amused the kids with conjuring tricks.他变戏法逗得孩子们直乐。◆a card trick纸牌戏法☞see also
hat-trick
good method 好方法4[usually singular ]a way of doing sth that works well; a good method 技巧；诀窍；窍门◆The trick isto pick the animal up by the back of its neck. 窍门在于抓住动物的后脖颈把它提起来。◆He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself.他采用了以攻为守的老招数。in card games 纸牌游戏5the cards that you play or win in a single part of a card game 一圈；一墩；一圈所打（或赢）的牌◆I won six tricks in a row.我接连赢了六墩牌。IDIOMSa bag/box of ˈtricks( informal) a set of methods or equipment that sb can use 一套措施；全部法宝be up to your (old) ˈtricks( informal,disapproving) to be behaving in the same bad way as before 故技重演；耍老花招do the ˈtrick( informal) to succeed in solving a problem or achieving a particular result 奏效；起作用；达到目的◆I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better.我不知道是什么起的作用，但是我确实觉得好多了。every trick in the ˈbookevery available method, whether it is honest or not 无所不用其极；浑身解数◆He'll try every trick in the book to stop you from winning.他将使尽浑身解数阻止你取胜。have a ˈtrick, some more ˈtricks, etc. up your sleeveto have an idea, some plans, etc. that you keep ready to use if it becomes necessary 袖藏玄机；胸有成竹；自有锦囊妙计ˌtrick or ˈtreatsaid by children who visit people's houses at Halloween and threaten to play tricks on people who do not give them sweets/candy 是请吃糖，还是想遭殃（万圣节时儿童挨家索要糖果用语，扬言若不给糖就捣乱戏弄别人）the ˌtricks of the ˈtradethe clever ways of doing things, known and used by people who do a particular job or activity （某一行业或活动的）绝招，绝活，门道，生意经ˌturn a ˈtrick( NAmE) ( slang) to have sex with sb for money 接客卖淫☞more at
miss
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teach
verb★to make sb believe sth which is not true, especially in order to cheat them 欺骗；欺诈tricksb ◆I'd been tricked and I felt stupid.我被人骗了，觉得自己真傻。~ your way + adv./prep.◆He managed to trick his way past the security guards.他想方设法骗过保安员获得通行。☞synonyms at
cheat
PHRASAL VERBSˌtrick sb ˈinto sth/into doing sthto make sb do sth by means of a trick 骗某人做某事◆He tricked me into lending him £100.他骗我借给了他 100 英镑。ˌtrick sb ˈout of sthto get sth from sb by means of a trick 从某人处骗走某物◆She was tricked out of her life savings.她被骗走了一生的积蓄。ˌtrick sb/sth↔ˈout (in/with sth)( literary) to dress or decorate sb/sth in a way that attracts attention 打扮（或装饰）得引人注目adjective[only before noun ]1intended to trick sb 意在欺骗的；容易使人上当的◆It was a trick question(= one to which the answer seems easy but actually is not).那是个容易使人上当的问题。◆It's all done using trick photography(= photography that uses clever techniques to show things that do not actually exist or are impossible).这都是利用特技摄影产生的假象。2( NAmE) (of part of the body 身体部位)weak and not working well 虚弱有毛病的◆a trick knee膝软trick/trɪk; NAmEtrɪk/
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1something that deceives somebody something you do in order to deceive someone: Pretending he doesn’t remember is an old trick of his. He didn’t really lose his wallet – that’s just a trick.2joke something you do to surprise someone and to make other people laugh: I’m getting tired of your silly tricks. The girls were playing tricks on their teacher.3something that makes things appear different something that makes things appear to be different from the way they really are: After walking for hours in the hot sun, his mind began playing tricks on him. At first he thought someone was coming towards him, but it was just a trick of the light.4a dirty/rotten/mean trick an unkind or unfair thing to do: He didn’t turn up? What a dirty trick!5do the trick spoken if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result: A bit more flour should do the trick.6magic a skilful set of actions that seem like magic, done to entertain people: My uncle was always showing me card tricks when I was a kid. a magic trick7clever method a way of doing something that works very well but may not be easy to notice: The trick is to bend your knees as you catch the ball. a salesman who knew all the tricks of the trade (=clever methods used in a particular job)8use/try every trick in the book to use every method that you know, even dishonest ones, to achieve what you want9teach/show somebody a trick or two informal used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than them: Experienced teachers can show new teachers a trick or two.10somebody is up to their (old) tricks informal to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before11cards the cards played or won in one part of a game of cards: He won the first three tricks easily.12habit have a trick of doing something British English to have a habit of using a particular expression or of moving your face or body in a particular way: She had this trick of raising her eyebrows at the end of a question.13never miss a trick spoken to always know exactly what is happening even if it does not concern you: Dave’s found out. He never misses a trick, does he?14how’s tricks? old-fashioned spoken used to greet someone in a friendly way: Hello, Bill! How’s tricks?15sex American English old-fashioned informal someone who pays a prostitute to have sexturn a trick (=to have sex with someone for money) →
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1to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something: She knew she’d been tricked, but it was too late.trick somebody into doing something He claimed he was tricked into carrying drugs.trick somebody out of something The corporation was tricked out of $20 million.trick your way into/past/onto etc something He tricked his way into her home by pretending to be a policeman.2be tricked out with/in something British English literary to be decorated with something: a hat tricked out with ribbons
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1trick photography when a photograph or picture has been changed so that it looks different from what was really there2a trick question a question which seems easy to answer but has a hidden difficulty3a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc American English a joint that is weak and can suddenly cause you problems
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