subterfuge 音标拼音: [s'ʌbtɚfj
, udʒ]
n . 遁辞,借口,托辞
遁辞,藉口,托辞
subterfuge n 1 :
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity ; "
he wasn '
t sick --
it was just a subterfuge "; "
the holding company was just a blind " [
synonym : {
subterfuge },
{
blind }]
Subterfuge \
Sub "
ter *
fuge \,
n . [
F .,
from LL .
subterfugium ,
fr .
L .
subterfugere to flee secretly ,
to escape ;
subter under fugere to flee .
See {
Fugitive }.]
That to which one resorts for escape or concealment ;
an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument ,
or to justify opinions or conduct ;
a shift ;
an evasion .
[
1913 Webster ]
Affect not little shifts and subterfuges ,
to avoid the force of an argument . --
I .
Watts .
[
1913 Webster ]
By a miserable subterfuge ,
they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
203 Moby Thesaurus words for "
subterfuge ":
airtight secrecy ,
alibi ,
apology ,
art ,
artful dodge ,
artifice ,
bag of tricks ,
bamboozlement ,
befooling ,
bickering ,
blind ,
bluff ,
bluffing ,
boggling ,
bosey ,
burial ,
burying ,
calculated deception ,
captiousness ,
catch ,
caviling ,
cheat ,
chicane ,
chicanery ,
chouse ,
circumvention ,
cloak ,
close secrecy ,
closeness ,
clouding ,
color ,
concealedness ,
concealment ,
conning ,
conspiracy ,
contrivance ,
coup ,
cover ,
cover story ,
cover -
up ,
covering ,
covering up ,
covertness ,
craft ,
crypticness ,
curve ,
curve -
ball ,
cute trick ,
darkening ,
deceit ,
deceiving ,
deception ,
deceptiveness ,
defrauding ,
delusion ,
delusiveness ,
design ,
device ,
dirty deal ,
dirty trick ,
discreetness ,
discretion ,
dishonesty ,
dodge ,
dodging ,
double -
dealing ,
dupery ,
enmeshment ,
ensnarement ,
entanglement ,
entrapment ,
equivocation ,
evasion ,
evasiveness ,
excuse ,
expedient ,
facade ,
fakement ,
fallaciousness ,
fallacy ,
falseness ,
fast deal ,
feint ,
fencing ,
fetch ,
ficelle ,
flimflam ,
flimflammery ,
fond illusion ,
fooling ,
fraud ,
front ,
gambit ,
game ,
gimmick ,
gloss ,
googly ,
grift ,
guise ,
hairsplitting ,
hallucination ,
handle ,
hedging ,
hiddenness ,
hiding ,
hocus -
pocus ,
hoodwinking ,
hugger -
mugger ,
hugger -
muggery ,
illusion ,
interment ,
intrigue ,
invisibility ,
joker ,
juggle ,
jugglery ,
kidding ,
knavery ,
lame excuse ,
little game ,
locus standi ,
logic -
chopping ,
maneuver ,
mask ,
masking ,
mirage ,
move ,
mystification ,
nit -
picking ,
obscuration ,
obscurement ,
occultation ,
ostensible motive ,
outwitting ,
overreaching ,
paltering ,
parrying ,
pass ,
pettifoggery ,
phantasm ,
plot ,
ploy ,
poor excuse ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
prevarication ,
protestation ,
public motive ,
pussyfooting ,
put -
off ,
putting away ,
putting on ,
quibbling ,
racket ,
red herring ,
refuge ,
ruse ,
scheme ,
screen ,
screening ,
scurvy trick ,
secrecy ,
secretion ,
secretiveness ,
secretness ,
self -
deception ,
semblance ,
sham ,
shift ,
shifting ,
show ,
shuffling ,
sidestepping ,
sleight ,
sleight of hand ,
sleight -
of -
hand trick ,
smoke screen ,
snow job ,
song and dance ,
spoofery ,
spoofing ,
stalking -
horse ,
stratagem ,
strategy ,
swindling ,
tactic ,
tergiversation ,
the dark ,
trichoschistism ,
trick ,
trickery ,
trickiness ,
tricking ,
uncommunicativeness ,
varnish ,
veil ,
victimization ,
vision ,
wile ,
willful misconception ,
wily device ,
wishful thinking
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SUBTERFUGE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SUBTERFUGE is deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade How to use subterfuge in a sentence
SUBTERFUGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Hidden documents whose origins are obscure and whose discovery involves subterfuge grab the headlines
SUBTERFUGE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Subterfuge definition: an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc See examples of SUBTERFUGE used in a sentence
Subterfuge - definition of subterfuge by The Free Dictionary 1 Deception used to achieve an end: tried to get her to sign the contract by subterfuge 2 A deceptive stratagem or device: The meeting was a subterfuge to get him out of his office while it was searched
subterfuge noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of subterfuge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
subterfuge, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun subterfuge, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
subterfuge - Wiktionary, the free dictionary subterfuge (countable and uncountable, plural subterfuges) (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind Refers especially to war and diplomatics quotations Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident
Subterfuge - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Subterfuge is the use of tricky actions to hide or get something It's pronounced "SUB-ter-fyooj " As a countable noun, a subterfuge is a tricky action or device: She employed a very clever subterfuge to get the information she needed
SUBTERFUGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Subterfuge is a trick or a dishonest way of getting what you want Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge The party has predictably rejected the proposals as a subterfuge
subterfuge - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocab Dictionary Subterfuge refers to the use of tricks or deception to conceal or mislead, typically to gain an advantage or escape a problem