ploy
ploy
noun
noun
- a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage
策略，计策，手段，伎俩
the president has dismissed the referendum as a ploy to buy time.
总统摒弃了全民公投，认为那只是一种争取时间的策略。
■an activity done for amusement
游艺活动，娱乐活动
the craft is a pleasant ploy during the holiday season.
在假日季节，这一工艺是一项让人开心的娱乐活动。
- late 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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