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something that you do to make somebody believe something that is not true, or to annoy somebody as a joke 诡计；花招；骗局；把戏 They had to think of a trick to get past the guards. 他们只好想出个计谋骗过岗哨。 The kids are always playing tricks on their teacher. 孩子们经常耍些花招戏弄老师。
Extra ExamplesShe won't fall for such a stupid trick. 她不会上这种愚蠢把戏的当。 Very few camera tricks are employed. 没用多少摄影诀窍。 These rhetorical tricks are common in political speeches. 这些修辞技巧在政治演说中是常见的。 the kinds of accounting tricks that get CEOs into trouble 使首席执行官们惹上麻烦的各类做假账的花招
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cheap
- cruel
- dirty
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- play
- pull
- try
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- work
- question
- a trick of the light
- a trick or two
- every trick in the book
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something that confuses you so that you see, understand, remember, etc. things in the wrong way 引起错觉（或记忆紊乱）的事物 One of the problems of old age is that your memory can start to play tricks on you. 老年人的问题之一是记忆可能紊乱起来。 Was there somebody standing there or was it a trick of the light? 是真的有人站在那儿还是光线引起的错觉？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cheap
- cruel
- dirty
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- play
- pull
- try
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- work
- question
- a trick of the light
- a trick or two
- every trick in the book
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a clever action that somebody/something performs as a way of entertaining people 戏法；把戏 He amused the kids with conjuring tricks. 他变戏法逗得孩子们直乐。 a magic trick 魔术 a card trick 纸牌戏法 You had me fooled there! Where did you learn that trick? 你骗了我！你在哪里学的那个把戏？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clever
- difficult
- simple
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- do
- employ
- perform
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- work
- photography
- (you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks
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a way of doing something that works well; a good method 技巧；诀窍；窍门 The trick is to pick the animal up by the back of its neck. 窍门在于抓住动物的后脖颈把它提起来。 He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself. 他采用了以攻为守的老招数。
Extra ExamplesAnother neat trick is to add lemon peel to the water. 另一种妙招是在水里加点儿柠檬皮。 He's learned a trick or two in his time working in the tax office. 在税务所工作期间，他学会了几手做手脚的本事。 The real trick is predicting the market two years down the line. 真正的秘诀在于预测未来两年内的市场。 The trick is to keep your body still and your arms relaxed. 诀窍是身体保持不动，胳膊放松。 There's no trick to it—you just need lots of practice. 没有窍门，只有多多练习。 a trick for getting out red wine stains 去除红酒渍的窍门
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clever
- difficult
- simple
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- do
- employ
- perform
- …
- work
- photography
- (you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks
the cards that you play or win in a single part of a card game 一圈；一墩；一圈所打（或赢）的牌 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clever
- difficult
- simple
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- do
- employ
- perform
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- work
- photography
- (you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks
something to cheat somebody用以骗人
something confusing令人困惑的事
entertainment娱乐
good method好方法
in card games纸牌游戏
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from an Old French dialect variant of triche, from trichier ‘deceive’, of unknown origin. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
a bag/box of tricks
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a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use 一套措施；全部法宝 Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests. 旅馆经理们又亮出一套新的法宝来吸引顾客。
be up to your (old) tricks
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to be behaving in the same bad way as before 故伎重演；耍老花招 He had soon spent all the money and was up to his old tricks. 他很快就花光了所有的钱，开始玩他的老把戏。
do the trick
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to succeed in solving a problem or achieving a particular result 奏效；起作用；达到目的 I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better. 我不知道是什么起的作用，但是我确实觉得好多了。
every trick in the book
have a trick, some more tricks, etc. up your sleeve
to have an idea, some plans, etc. that you keep ready to use if it becomes necessary 袖藏玄机；胸有成竹；自有锦囊妙计 I have a few tricks up my sleeve. 我自有锦囊妙计。
he, she, etc. doesn’t miss a trick
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used to say that somebody notices every opportunity to gain an advantage 不失时机；很机敏
(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks
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(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time 老大（不）可教；（无法）改变人们长时间形成的思想（或做事方法等）
trick or treat
said by children who visit people’s houses at Halloween and threaten to play tricks on people who do not give them sweets 是请吃糖，还是想遭殃（万圣节时儿童挨家索要糖果用语，扬言若不给糖就捣乱戏弄别人）
the tricks of the trade
the clever ways of doing things, known and used by people who do a particular job or activity （某一行业或活动的）绝招，绝活，门道，生意经
turn a trick
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to have sex with somebody for money 接客卖淫