单词	subterfuge
释义	subterfugesub‧ter‧fuge /ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ $ -ər-/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsubterfuge Origin: 1500-1600 Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere ‘to escape’, from subter- ‘secretly’ + fugere ‘to run away’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The ballot issue is a subterfuge designed to confuse voters. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He had a sense of subterfuge that was often nearly paralysing. I dialled and this time decided to try a little subterfuge. I hated all the subterfuges, I hated lying to you. If the real rationale is political subterfuge, are these waivers appropriate at all? M., the president and Barnett agreed on this subterfuge. Soon they would be together for ever, the subterfuge and deceit ended. The whole world worked by subterfuge and the will to believe. formal a secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of thisby subterfuge Sereni was lured to Moscow by subterfuge.
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