| 单词 | artifice |
| 释义 | artifice noun[CorU] formaluk/ˈɑː.tɪ.fɪs/us/ˈɑːr.t̬ə.fɪs/(the use of) aclevertrickor somethingintendedtodeceive: 诡计；奸计；欺骗Amazingly forHollywood, sheseemsalmostentirelywithout artifice.尽管身处好莱坞，可她好像从不耍什么阴谋诡计，真是让人惊诧。 Synonym ruse Lies, lying & hypocrisy
Examplesofartificeartifice In the elegant concealing of her own intellectual and rhetoricalartificeshe honours by imitation the modesty of her subjects. From theCambridge English Corpus Sulzer, he argued, was wrong to demand that students practice 'in all possible artifices of harmony'. From theCambridge English Corpus This attention to the garden'sartificeconstantly threatens to disrupt the texts' "naturalizing" project, repoliticizing the garden and women's activities therein. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet other groups are united by a commonality, due to nature orartifice, that does affect how they themselves behave. From theCambridge English Corpus Integrity, then, encompasses more than is suggested by theartificeembodied by the civil liability framework relevant to consent to medical care. From theCambridge English Corpus In comparison to the finely strungartificeof the other songs discussed, this song adheres to a rhetoric of natural, direct expression. From theCambridge English Corpus This produces a natural wall surface without theartificeof modern paints. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, these women embraceartificeand selffashioning, and many of them associate feminism with limitation not freedom. From theCambridge English Corpus The passage emphasises lack of dramaticartifice, and an unbroken and self-contained musical continuity supplied by the orchestra and projected onto the vocal lines. From theCambridge English Corpus The state, as a work ofartifice, can be well or ill made. From theCambridge English Corpus Read quickly, this definition seems to restrictartificeto those who act at another's behest. From theCambridge English Corpus In this way, despite all their contrapuntal artifices, he achieves a popular style and is agreeable to every amateur. From theCambridge English Corpus The green carnation was a symbol, meant to confirm the wearer's interest inartifice. From theCambridge English Corpus Here we return to the impossibility of distancing so-called manipulatedartificefrom the present understanding of pain. From theCambridge English Corpus There appears to be an element ofartificein the literary form. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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