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| 1 | an unfair or unpleasant thing you do in order to harm someone or get an advantage for yourself 花招；阴谋；诡计 |
| a dirty/cruel/nasty trick It was a very dirty trick to play on anyone. 这是一种非常卑鄙的手段。 |
| a dirty tricks campaign They had carried out a dirty tricks campaign against a rival airline. 他们使出卑鄙的手段来打击与之竞争的一家航空公司。 |
| | 1a | something you do in order to annoy someone or make people laugh at them , often by making them believe something that is not true 捉弄；恶作剧 | | play a trick on sb I thought he was playing a trick on me. 我以为他在捉弄我。 | | your eyes are/your memory is playing tricks on you Was it her, or were my eyes playing tricks on me? 真的是她吗？还是我看花了眼？ | |
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| 2 | a way of entertaining people by doing something that looks like magic 戏法；把戏；魔术 |
| For my next trick, I will make the balls disappear. 我接下来要变的戏法是让球消失。 |
| do a trick He does this great trick with a hat and two rabbits. 他用一顶帽子和两只兔子表演了这个奇妙的魔术。 |
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| 3 | something that is not really what it seems to be 错觉；幻觉；假象 |
| Could she really see a boat, or was it just a trick of the light? 她真的看到一条船，还是灯光造成的错觉？ |
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| 4 | an effective and skilful way of doing something 窍门；技巧 |
| There’ s a trick to folding up this umbrella. 收起这把伞是有窍门的。 |
| the trick is If you want to see her, the trick is to go early. 如果你想见她，那最好早点去。 |
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| 5 | the cards that you play or win in one part of a card game （纸牌游戏中所出的或赢得的）一圈牌，一墩牌 |
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| - | a bag/box of tricks
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| all of the special or secret methods someone has to help them achieve something |
| 各种妙计 |
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| - | do the trick
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| to do what is needed in order to achieve something |
| 达到目的；奏效 |
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| Her remedy certainly did the trick. 她的治疗方案确实奏效了。 |
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| - | have a trick of doing sth
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| to have a habit of doing a particular thing |
| 有做某事的习惯 |
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| She had a trick of pausing in the middle of sentences. 她讲话时有在句子中间停顿的习惯。 |
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| - | have a trick up your sleeve
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| to have a plan that you can use if you need to |
| 需要时有可用的计划；袖里玄机 |
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| - | how’ s tricks? spoken
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| used when you meet someone to ask how they are |
| 近来好吗？ |
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| - | not/never miss a trick
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| to notice everything that is happening |
| 注意到所发生的一切 |
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| - | the oldest trick in the book
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| a dishonest method of doing something that you know about because it has been used many times before |
| 老伎俩；老手段 |
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| - | show/teach sb a trick or two
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| used for saying that you know a lot more about something than someone else does |
| 比某人懂得多 |
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| Ted’ s been working here for years – he could show most of us a trick or two. 特德在这儿工作有些年头了，他比我们大部分人都懂得多。 |
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| - | the tricks of the trade
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| quick and effective methods used by experienced people in a particular profession |
| 行业成功的诀窍 |
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| - | try/use every trick in the book
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| to tryuse every possible method in order to achieve something |
| 试用/使出所有方法 |
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| - | turn a trick AMERICAN informal
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| to have sex with someone for money |
| 卖淫 |
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| - | up to your old/usual tricks
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| to be doing the same annoying or bad things you usually do |
| 耍老花招 |
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