Word · Frequency #21853
stratagem
诡计；计谋
a clever trick or scheme used to deceive someone or gain an advantage
- 1.
A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
旨在占上风的策略或计谋,尤指涉及卑劣手段或欺骗的。
- 2.
a maneuver in a game or conversation
游戏或谈话中的策略
- 3.
Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
特指军事行动中的此类策略或计谋。
- 4.
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
精心设计的欺骗或规避的计划
- 5.
Military deception or artifice.
军事欺骗或计谋。
- 6.
Cunning and artifice in general.
普遍的狡猾和计谋。
军事计谋；用兵谋略；（游戏或交谈中的）招数；策略；狡诈；诈术；旨在占上风的策略或计谋,尤指涉及卑劣手段或欺骗的。；游戏或谈话中的策略
In use
The player came up with a stratagem to distract the goalkeeper and score the winning goal.
After the argument, he realized her smile was just a stratagem to make him drop his guard.
The general's stratagem succeeded: the enemy marched straight into the trap.
a stratagem to do sth
stratagem 是可数名词，复数形式为 stratagems；常含贬义，指为占上风而使用的巧妙花招。
His silence was a stratagem to avoid giving a direct answer.
他的沉默是避免直接回答的一个计谋。
a stratagem for doing sth
与 a stratagem to do sth 意思相近，for 后接动名词。
The coach devised a stratagem for breaking the opposing team's defense.
教练设计了一个破解对方球队防守的计谋。
use sth as a stratagem to do sth
Connections
Collocations
- military stratagem
- 军事计谋；用兵谋略
- The general's military stratagem caught the enemy off guard.将军的军事计谋打了敌人一个措手不及。
- clever stratagem
- 巧妙的计谋
- She used a clever stratagem to win the debate.她用巧妙的计谋赢得了辩论。
- use a stratagem
- 使用计谋
- They used a stratagem to distract the guards.他们使用计谋引开守卫。
- devise a stratagem
- 设计计谋；策划计策
- He devised a stratagem to escape the trap.他想出一条计策来逃离陷阱。
- deceptive stratagem
- 骗人的计谋；欺骗策略
- The deceptive stratagem fooled the investigators.这个骗人的计谋骗过了调查人员。
- political stratagem
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 stratagem 拆成 strategy + gem：策略中的宝石，即巧计/诡计。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、military strategy、political or literary texts 通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在军事、政治或文学作品中，指精心设计的计谋或策略。日常口语中不太常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见单词与 stratagem (/ˈstrætədʒəm/) 押韵。拼写以 -age 结尾的词（如 image, manage, village, adage）通常读作 /ɪdʒ/，而非 /ədʒəm/，注意不要混淆。strategy (/ˈstrætədʒi/) 与 stratagem 共享开头的 /strætə/，但结尾不同；strategic (/strəˈtiːdʒɪk/) 的发音差异更大。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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