a secret, usually dishonest, way of behaving (通常指欺骗性)秘密手段;诡计 Journalists often use subterfuge to obtain material for stories. 记者经常使用托词来获取报道材料。 a political subterfuge 政治诡计
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere ‘escape secretly’, from subter- ‘beneath’ + fugere ‘flee’.