名詞 ploy:

1. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
   同義詞：gambit
2. a maneuver in a game or conversation
   同義詞：gambit, stratagem

1. It is all a ploy to distract attention from his real aim.
   那純粹是障眼法，用以分散人們對(duì)他真正意圖的注意力。
2. His ploy is to pretend to be ill.
   他的手法就是裝病。
3. A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.
   策略尤指人在開始階段所采用的計(jì)謀、策略、手法

ploy

n.（名詞）
An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver:
計(jì)策，手段：旨在間接或不正當(dāng)?shù)卮鞌?duì)手或獲得權(quán)勢(shì)的一種行為；計(jì)策：
例句：
.A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market.(Jill Smolowe)
.一種典型手段是先裝病，借此弄到藥品，然后在黑市上將其賣出.(吉爾·斯摩羅維)

來源：
Perhaps from employ [employment (obsolete)]
可能源自 employ[雇傭（作廢的）]