n. 诡计, 技巧, 巧妙

[ noun ]
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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Artifice \Ar"ti*fice\, n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer;
ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]

2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

The material universe . . . in the artifice of God,
the artifice of the best Mechanist. --Cudworth.

3. Artful or skillful contrivance.

His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much
artifice. --Craik.

4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.

Note: [Now the usual meaning.]

Those who were conscious of guilt employed
numerous artifices for the purpose of averting
inquiry. --Macaulay.