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the particular method you use to achieve something 策略;手段;招数 They tried all kinds of tactics to get us to go. 他们施尽所有的招数想让我们离开。 This was just the latest in a series of delaying tactics. 这只是一系列拖延战术中的一个新花招。 The manager discussed tactics with his team. 主教练和他的团队讨论了战术。 Confrontation is not always the best tactic. 对抗并非总是上策。 It's time to try a change of tactic. 现在是改弦易辙的时候了。 They used strong-arm (= aggressive or violent) tactics. 他们使用了强硬手段。
Extra ExamplesLonger races demand different tactics. 较长距离的速度竞赛需要采取不同的战术。 Teachers learn tactics for dealing with aggressive children. 老师们应学习对付爱惹是生非的孩子的策略。 I refuse to stoop to such bullying tactics. 我拒绝下作到使用这种霸道手段。 She decided on a stalling tactic. 她决定采取拖延战术。 Some players see injuring their opponent as a legitimate tactic. 有些运动员把使对手受伤看作正当的战术。 The coach was criticized for his negative tactics. 教练由于战术消极而受到了批评。 They were desperate enough to try shock tactics. 他们已经到了不顾一切的地步,不惜采用震惊战术作最后一搏。 They would do well to switch tactics. 他们最好转变一下策略。 We use a variety of tactics to make learning fun. 我们运用各种策略使学习有趣起来。 the temptation to use underhand tactics 使用卑鄙手段的诱惑 Offering goods cheaper than cost price is obviously a short-term marketing tactic. 提供比成本价更便宜的商品显然是一种短期营销策略。 The bully-boy tactics of a small minority will not be tolerated. 一小部分人的恃强凌弱的策略是不能容忍的。 There are serious concerns about the brutal tactics employed by the authorities. 人们对当局采用的残酷策略表示严重关切。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- subtle
- legitimate
- devious
- …
- decide on
- discuss
- plan
- …
- pay off
- succeed
- work
- …
- tactic for
- a variety of tactics
- tactics[plural]
the art of moving soldiers and military equipment around during a battle or war in order to use them in the most effective way compare strategy战术;兵法 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- subtle
- legitimate
- devious
- …
- decide on
- discuss
- plan
- …
- pay off
- succeed
- work
- …
- tactic for
- a variety of tactics
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from modern Latin tactica, from Greek taktikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of tactics’, feminine of taktikos, from taktos ‘ordered, arranged’, from the base of tassein ‘arrange’.