ploy
معنی فارسی
تمحيد عمل اقدام کار امر ورزش خوشي وجد.
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ploi/n.
● ترفند، تمهید، کلک، حقه، کید، دستان، ستاوه
his backache was a ploy to get out of carrying the suitcases
کمردرد او حیلهای بود برای اینکه از بردن چمدانها شانه خالی کند.
● (اسکاتلند) کاسبی، کسب و کار، شغل
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Mid 18th century (originally Scots and dialect): perhaps a figurative use of ploy, an obsolete verb meaning ‘unfold’.
مثال
- The president has dismissed the referendum as a ploy to buy time.
- His claim to be impartial was only a clever ploy.
- She said she was ill, but it was just a ploy to get him to stay.
ترکیبهای رایج
Clever ploy Simple ploy Desperate ploy Political ploy
تعریف انگلیسی
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- a maneuver in a game or conversation