[ˈɑːtɪfɪs]noun
[mass noun]clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others
妙计，奸计(尤指用于愚弄或欺骗他人）
an industry dominated by artifice.
受欺诈行为控制的行业。
[count noun]the style is not free from the artifices of the period.
这种风格没有摆脱当时流行的手法。

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语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'workmanship'): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- 'art' + facere 'make'