trick

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

We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me. 我们正耍弄着一个人，因为他一直烦扰我。

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

Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him. 当斯蒂芬发现你是如何欺骗他时，他会非常不高兴的。

His family tricked him into going to Pakistan, and once he was there, they took away his passport. 他的家人骗他去了巴基斯坦，他一到那里，他们便拿走了他的护照。

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

...magic tricks. …魔术戏法。

He shows me card tricks. 他向我表演纸牌戏法。

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

Everything I cooked was a trick of my mother's. 我烹饪都是沿用了我母亲的诀窍。

5. →see also hat trick

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

Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick. 有时斟酌得当的只言片语就能达到目的。

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. 浑身解数[非正式]

Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors. 各公司正用尽浑身解数想领先竞争对手一步。

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. 行业诀窍

To get you started, we have asked five successful writers to reveal some of the tricks of the trade. 为了帮你起步，我们请了5位成功作家来揭示一些诀窍。