ploy

noun

/plɔɪ/

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单词	ploy
释义	ploy noun /plɔɪ/ /plɔɪ/ jump to other results words or actions that are carefully planned to get an advantage over somebody else synonym manoeuvre a clever marketing ploy ploy to do something It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims. ploy for doing something a ploy for deflecting criticism Extra Examples Don't take any notice of her—it's just a ploy. It was a deliberate ploy to smear his opponents. Maybe it's a ploy to throw us off our guard. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective clever effective good … verb + ploy resort to try devise … ploy + verb work preposition ploy for See full entry Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘pastime’): of unknown origin. The notion of “a calculated plan” dates from the 1950s.
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