artifice

UK:  ['ɑː(r)tɪfɪs]

US:  ['ɑrtɪfɪs]

复数：artifices  

n.

1.诡计,巧计;策略,谋略,手段

2.技巧,技能

3.手段;诡计;耍弄乖巧

4.打扮

5.特技

1 . We also see just a relaxing of ego, and sort of a dismantling of artifice.
我们也只看到一个放松的自我以及拆穿各种诡计。

2 . Although our rachis, artifice, eyeball has been used to liquid crystal screen, but at least cerebrum still fails to be used to far.
即使我们的脊柱、手腕、眼球已经习惯液晶屏幕，可至少大脑还远远未能习惯。

3 . The scene seemed almost as if contrived with theatrical artifice to produce an effect upon the beholder.
此处的景象好像经过一番戏剧性的设计，要使目击者产生某种感触。

4 . To pay for sex is to strip away the veneer of artifice and civilisation and connect with the true animal nature of man.
为性付费，这样才能去除阴谋和文明的虚饰，使我们恢复真正的动物本性。

5 . Dongya's artifice offsets the violence of his narratives and calls into question the implications of a contemporary virtual reality.
练东亚作品中卡通化的假人抵消了暴力的元素，同时质疑了当代虚拟现实的含义。