ploy

名词 ploy:

1. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
   同义词：gambit
2. a maneuver in a game or conversation
   同义词：gambit, stratagem

1. It is all a ploy to distract attention from his real aim.
   那纯粹是障眼法，用以分散人们对他真正意图的注意力。
2. His ploy is to pretend to be ill.
   他的手法就是装病。
3. A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.
   策略尤指人在开始阶段所采用的计谋、策略、手法

ploy

n.（名词）
An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver:
计策，手段：旨在间接或不正当地挫败对手或获得权势的一种行为；计策：
例句：
.A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market.(Jill Smolowe)
.一种典型手段是先装病，借此弄到药品，然后在黑市上将其卖出.(吉尔·斯摩罗维)

来源：
Perhaps from employ [employment (obsolete)]
可能源自 employ[雇佣（作废的）]