| 单词 | artifice |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['ɑ:tifis] |
| 解释 | n.巧办法；诡计 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 巧办法(skill or ingenuity);诡计(a sly trick) 【考】 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. |
| 字源 | artifice (n.) 1530s, "workmanship, the making of anything by craft or skill," from Middle French artifice "skill, cunning" (14c.), from Latin artificium "a profession, trade, employment, craft; making by art," from artifex (genitive artificis) "craftsman, artist," from stem of ars "art" (see art (n.)) + facere "do" (see factitious). Meaning "device, trick" (the usual modern sense) is from 1650s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 诡计(狡猾或狡诈的手段); 策略(聪明或技巧) = cageyness = craftiness = slyness = wiliness 【例】by artifice 用手段 lure a man by artifice 以计诱人 【根】arti技巧, fice做－做的技巧－诡计 【记】art艺术家, fice = face脸. 艺术家的脸. 为什么凡是导演都有大胡子? 难道没有大胡子就当不了导演? 事实证明我是错的, 有些导演就不是大胡子, 但也有大胡子—假的—装cool! 他们使用了一种巧办法, 一种诡计——101毛发再生精! 【反】candor(n 坦白, 直率) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】art + 音：费思，匪思，匪夷所思的巧办法；art + fiction 艺术+小说，都需要技巧与机智，是编出来的 【相关】artificial 人造的，artifact 人造物品 |
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