artifice  /'ɑrtəfɪs/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  artifice
  技巧,巧妙,詭計

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Artifice \Ar"ti*fice\, n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer;
     ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
     1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]
  
     2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
  
              The material universe.. in the artifice of God, the
              artifice of the best Mechanist.       --Cudworth.
  
     3. Artful or skillful contrivance.
  
              His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much
              artifice.                             --Craik.
  
     4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.
  
     Note: [Now the usual meaning.]
  
                 Those who were conscious of guilt employed
                 numerous artifices for the purpose of averting
                 inquiry.                           --Macaulay.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  artifice
       n : a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: {ruse}]