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.
雙語例句
1. Weegee's photographs are full of artfulness, and artifice.
維基的攝影作品運用了豐富的藝術(shù)手段和技巧。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His remorse is just an artifice to gain sympathy.
他的悔恨只是一種騙局,是為了博取同情.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He displayed a great deal of artifice in decorating his new house.
他在布置新房子中表現(xiàn)出富有的技巧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Efficiency and effectiveness and all those other pieces of intellectual artifice.