ploy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ploy /plɔɪ/ noun [countable] WAY/METHODa clever and dishonest way of tricking someone so that you can get an advantage 〔欺骗性的〕计策，手段，花招 His usual ploy is to pretend he’s ill. 他惯用的花招是装病。ploy to do something a smart ploy to win votes 赢取选票的精明手段

Examples from the Corpus

ploy• It is a ploy, but he had good reason to believe it would be an effective one.• He's not really ill, it's just a ploy to make us feel sorry for him.• The religious element of their election campaign was a cynical ploy.• Why give her the satisfaction of knowing her ploy had succeeded?• But his main ploy was to portray Weld as a friend of the rich eager to reduce educational opportunities for ordinary citizens.• A neat marketing ploy, and a good way of interesting children in aviation.• Using government subsidies to increase local authority rents is not a new ploy.• Certainly Mosley's constant harping on the theme of left-wing intimidation was a fairly effective recruiting ploy throughout the 1930s.• The ploy didn't work.• This ploy should give the stockmarket a boost.ploy to do something• This isn't a ploy to be recommended.• This may have been coincidence or, as we noted earlier, a deliberate ploy to enhance his own standing.• He claims it is a deliberate ploy to squeeze out weaker brokers.• Use every ploy to project my reality in defence of my choices.• This is a good ploy to get the children to shout loud but then to contain the noise within the call.• Apple's altruism was also labelled as a smart ploy to introduce the nation's youngsters to its products.Origin ploy (1600-1700) Probably from employ

ploy nounChinese

way someone so dishonest of and Corpus clever a tricking

ploy
ploy /plɔɪ/