| 单词 | ploy |
| 释义 | ploy (plɔɪ ) Word forms: ploys countable noun [oft adjective NOUN, NOUN to-infinitive] A ploy is a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly in order to gain an advantage for themselves. Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy. Synonyms: tactic, move, trick, device Collocations: cynical ploy This, we decided, was a cynical ploy to get cheap labour. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Critics of the allowances system say it is a cynical ploy devised by pay consultants. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They also deny that delaying the pain until after the election is a cynical political ploy. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The ploy works - until the giant carnivorous hybrid escapes. Times, Sunday Times To an extent the ploy works. Times, Sunday Times Time will tell whether the ploy works. Times, Sunday Times Even the way that they roll themselves up seems sweetly defenceless, although the ploy works with most natural predators. Times, Sunday Times Fortunately for her this ploy works and the comet gives her the ability to fly in the vacuum of space as well as the ability to emit various comet-like gases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our expert sought better and at trick two tried the psychological ploy of leading a diamond to his ten. Times, Sunday Times It proves to be a wise psychological ploy against an ambitious opponent. Times,Sunday Times And the psychological ploy did the trick. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 计策 Japanese: 策略 |
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