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单词 sleight of hand
释义
sleight of hand
noun[U]
uk
/ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/us
/ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/
speedandskillof thehandwhenperformingtricks:
（魔术中的）巧妙手法，敏捷手法
Most of theseconjuringtricksdependonsleightofhand.这些魔术把戏大多数都是依靠巧妙的手法。
skilfulhidingof thetruthinordertowinanadvantage:
花招，手腕
By somestatisticalsleightofhandthegovernmenthasproducedfiguresshowingthatunemploymenthasrecentlyfallen.通过在统计数字上耍些手腕，政府弄出了一些显示最近失业率下降的数字。
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(Definition ofsleight of handfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sleight of hand| American Dictionary

sleight of hand
noun[U]
us
/ˌslɑɪt̬·əvˈhænd/
speedandskillwith thehandswhenperformingtricksthatseemto bemagic
(Definition ofsleight of handfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsleight of hand

sleight of hand
The methodologicalsleightofhandon which the generative enterprise rests is the omission of meaning and meaning-based analyses.
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By a neatsleightofhand, many doctors defined ' shellshock ' as physical shell concussion, and excluded it from this category.
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The argument seems plausible only through asleightofhand.
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In that way, the postulation of a phonemic decision level and claims to have eliminated lexical feedback may be a theoreticalsleightofhand.
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With an elegantsleightofhand, he draws out the missing element in the accounts he discusses, acknowledging their usefulness while restoring what they exclude.
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We are once again back at the very dawn of film and the mechanisms of illusion and disavowal which define it : film as magic, spectacle,sleightofhand.
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A third hand to the descriptive 'purpose' (does this constitutesleightofhand?) is concerned with the morphophonology of the verb forms, the system of expression.
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Isn't this just mathematicalsleightofhand?
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For example, in discussing the maintenance of polymorphisms he dismisses heterozygous advantage or heterosis as ' ' verbalsleightofhand' ', but surely it is a testable hypothesis.
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And no, the classification of the port was not changed by somesleightofhand.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
No amount ofsleightofhand, no slick propaganda, no weight of votes can change that or stop us voicing those fears.
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There is a great deal ofsleightofhandin this argument.
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It is allsleightofhand, all excuses, all special effects.
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In no way are students being legislated, bysleightofhand, out of what otherwise would have been their right.
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It issleightofhandand a "con" trick to hold back a legitimate increase in the tax threshold because of the inflationary pressure.
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