artifice

词根词缀:

词根
art(i)
1 = skill 技巧

article n. 物品;文章

art 技巧 + icle 小 → 用技巧做〔写〕出来的东西 → 物品;文章

artifact n. 工艺品

arti 技巧 + fact 做 → 有技巧地做出来 → 工艺品

artifice n. 技巧

arti 技巧 + fic 做 + e → 技巧

artisan n. 工匠,技工

artis〔= arti〕技巧 + an 精通…的人 → 工匠,技工

2 = joint 关节

articular adj. 关节的

art 关节 + icular 属于…的 → 关节的

articulate v. (关节)咬合;咬字清楚

art 关节 + iculate → 像关节一样〔字字入扣〕→ 咬字清楚

3 = trick 诡计

artful adj. 狡猾的

art 诡计 + ful …的 → 狡猾的

artificial adj. 矫揉造作的

arti 诡计 + fic 做 + ial …的 → 做诡计 → 矫揉造作的

artless adj. 纯真的;粗笨的

art 诡计 + less 无…的 → 纯真的;粗笨的

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

The use of mirrors in a room is an artifice to make the room look larger.

利用镜子装饰房间是使房间显得大一点的巧妙办法。

Unlike Nabokov, these writers are not trying to make a language that is autonomous and separate from the world, so you will not see the kind of artifice and the labored attention to form.

不同的是这些作家并不想要营造一种,独立的和世界分离的语言,所以你不会看到这方面的炼化技巧,和费劲地塑造。

Dongya's artifice offsets the violence of his narratives and calls into question the implications of a contemporary virtual reality.

练东亚作品中卡通化的假人抵消了暴力的元素,同时质疑了当代虚拟现实的含义。

So, why are we tackling on the artifice in a musical performance? If it had not been in Beijing, if the opening ceremony had not gone so great, it would not have stir up such fire in the first place.

那么,我们为什么要抱住在音乐表演上技巧不放呢?要不是发生在北京,如果开幕式没有进行得那么伟大,一开始就不会如此惹火的。

The anchor person language artifice can not sketchy, do a thing carelessly therefore, the ability wielding language artifice only when much better lets the vivid sum of program vigour get up.

因此主持人的语言技巧不能粗枝大叶,草草了事,只有更好的运用语言技巧才能让个节目生动和活力起来。

Emma saw its artifice, and returned to her first surmises.

爱玛看穿了她的伎俩,又回到了原先的猜疑上。