sub·ter·fuge /ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ $ -ər-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] formalTRICK/DECEIVE a secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of this 花招，诡计，手段by subterfuge Sereni was lured to Moscow by subterfuge. 谢雷妮被人骗到了莫斯科。
subterfuge• The ballot issue is a subterfuge designed to confuse voters.• The whole world worked by subterfuge and the will to believe.• I dialled and this time decided to try a little subterfuge.• He had a sense of subterfuge that was often nearly paralysing.• If the real rationale is political subterfuge, are these waivers appropriate at all?• I hated all the subterfuges, I hated lying to you.• Soon they would be together for ever, the subterfuge and deceit ended.• M., the president and Barnett agreed on this subterfuge.