a secret, usually dishonest, way of behaving (通常指欺騙性)秘密手段;詭計 Journalists often use subterfuge to obtain material for stories. 記者經常使用托詞來獲取報道材料。 a political subterfuge 政治詭計
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere ‘escape secretly’, from subter- ‘beneath’ + fugere ‘flee’.