| 词汇 | sleight-of-hand |
| 释义 | sleight of hand noun[ U ] uk /ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/ us /ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/ speed and skill of the hand when performing tricks: （魔术中的）巧妙手法，敏捷手法 Most of these conjuring tricks depend on sleight of hand.这些魔术把戏大多数都是依靠巧妙的手法。 skilful hiding of the truth in order to win an advantage: 花招，手腕 By some statistical sleight of hand the government has produced figures showing that unemployment has recently fallen.通过在统计数字上耍些手腕，政府弄出了一些显示最近失业率下降的数字。 Magic abracadabra alchemy bewitch bezoar black magic escapology evil faerie hex magic word magical magically mugwort mystic the evil eyeidiom wand whammy white magic witchcraft wizardry You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sly & devious sleight of hand | American Dictionarysleight of hand noun[ U ] us/ˌslɑɪt̬·əvˈhænd/ speed and skill with the hands when performing tricks that seem to be magic Examples of sleight of handsleight of hand The methodological sleightofhand on which the generative enterprise rests is the omission of meaning and meaning-based analyses. By a neat sleightofhand, many doctors defined ' shellshock ' as physical shell concussion, and excluded it from this category. The argument seems plausible only through a sleightofhand. In that way, the postulation of a phonemic decision level and claims to have eliminated lexical feedback may be a theoretical sleightofhand. With an elegant sleightofhand, he draws out the missing element in the accounts he discusses, acknowledging their usefulness while restoring what they exclude. We are once again back at the very dawn of film and the mechanisms of illusion and disavowal which define it : film as magic, spectacle, sleightofhand. A third hand to the descriptive 'purpose' (does this constitute sleightofhand?) is concerned with the morphophonology of the verb forms, the system of expression. Isn't this just mathematical sleightofhand? For example, in discussing the maintenance of polymorphisms he dismisses heterozygous advantage or heterosis as ' ' verbal sleightofhand ' ', but surely it is a testable hypothesis. And no, the classification of the port was not changed by some sleightofhand. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English No amount of sleightofhand, no slick propaganda, no weight of votes can change that or stop us voicing those fears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great deal of sleightofhand in this argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all sleightofhand, all excuses, all special effects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In no way are students being legislated, by sleightofhand, out of what otherwise would have been their right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sleightofhand and a "con" trick to hold back a legitimate increase in the tax threshold because of the inflationary pressure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sleight of hand These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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