1530s, "workmanship, the making of anything by craft or skill," from Middle French artifice "skill, cunning" (14c.), from Latin artificium "a profession, trade, employment, craft; making by art," from artifex (genitive artificis) "craftsman, artist," from stem of ars "art" (see art (n.)) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Meaning "device, trick" (the usual modern sense) is from 1650s.
实用例句
1. Weegee's photographs are full of artfulness, and artifice.
维基的摄影作品运用了丰富的艺术手段和技巧。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His remorse is just an artifice to gain sympathy.
他的悔恨只是一种骗局,是为了博取同情.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He displayed a great deal of artifice in decorating his new house.
他在布置新房子中表现出富有的技巧.
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4. Efficiency and effectiveness and all those other pieces of intellectual artifice.
