[mass noun]clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others 妙计,奸计(尤指用于愚弄或欺骗他人) an industry dominated by artifice. 受欺诈行为控制的行业。 [count noun]the style is not free from the artifices of the period. 这种风格没有摆脱当时流行的手法。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'workmanship'): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- 'art' + facere 'make'