trick

1. N-COUNT A trick is an action that is intended to fool or deceive someone. 捉弄; 詭計

We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me. 我們正耍弄著一個人，因為他一直煩擾我。

2. V-T If someone tricks you, they deceive you, often in order to make you do something. 欺騙

Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him. 當斯蒂芬發(fā)現你是如何欺騙他時，他會非常不高興的。

His family tricked him into going to Pakistan, and once he was there, they took away his passport. 他的家人騙他去了巴基斯坦，他一到那里，他們便拿走了他的護照。

3. N-COUNT A trick is a clever or skillful action that someone does in order to entertain people. 戲法

...magic tricks. …魔術戲法。

He shows me card tricks. 他向我表演紙牌戲法。

4. N-COUNT A trick is a clever way of doing something. 竅門

Everything I cooked was a trick of my mother's. 我烹飪都是沿用了我母親的訣竅。

5. →see also hat trick

6. PHRASE If something does the trick, it achieves what you wanted. 達到目的[非正式]

Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick. 有時斟酌得當的只言片語就能達到目的。

7. PHRASE If someone tries every trick in the book, they try every possible thing that they can think of in order to achieve something. 渾身解數[非正式]

Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors. 各公司正用盡渾身解數想領先競爭對手一步。

8. PHRASE The tricks of the trade are the quick and clever ways of doing something that are known by people who regularly do a particular activity. 行業(yè)訣竅

To get you started, we have asked five successful writers to reveal some of the tricks of the trade. 為了幫你起步，我們請了5位成功作家來揭示一些訣竅。