| 单词 | ploy |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [plɔi] |
| 解释 | n.花招，策略 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 花招，手段(a devised or contrived move) 【例】 Her usual ploy is to pretend to be ill, so that people will take pity on her. |
| 字源 | ploy (n.) 1722, "anything with which one amuses oneself," Scottish and northern England dialect, possibly a shortened form of employ or deploy. Popularized in the sense "move or gambit made to gain advantage" by British humorist Stephen Potter (1900-1969). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】play 玩手段，玩花招→ploy 【相关】deploy 展开, 配置， employ 雇佣 |
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