artifice

n.

灵巧；诡计；巧妙办法；虚伪行为

复数：artifices

1. The child cheated them with an artifice.
   那个孩子用巧办法骗了他们。
2. Pretending to faint was merely an artifice.
   假装昏迷只不过是个诡计。
3. There was no room in him for sham or artifice.
   他无论如何也得老实。
4. He display a great deal of artifice in decorate his new house.
   他在布置新房子中表现出富有技巧。
5. It is the professional duty of the advertising agent to conceal his artifice.
   隐藏自己的技巧，是广告公司的专业责任。

In praise of artifice
Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media
Some observations on memory artifice
Artifice, ideology and paradox: the public/private distinction in international law
Postcoloniality and the Artifice of History: Who Speaks for "Indian"Pasts?
The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Global Hierarchy of Value (review)
Financialisation and Derivatives: Constructing an Artifice of Indifference
The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Global Hierarchy of Value by Michael Herzfeld
The Ambivalence of Creation: Debates Concerning Innovation and Artifice in Early China
Self-Identity and the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Useful Addition or an Unhelpful Artifice? 1