ruse

英 [ru?z] 美[ruz]

GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?ruses;

ruse 詭計(jì)

來自古法語 ruse,詭計(jì)，惡做劇，來自 reuser,躲避，逃避，欺騙，詞源同 rouse.

ruse: ruse: [15] Ruse and rush ‘hurry’ are ultimately the same word. Both come from Old French ruser ‘drive back, detour’. From this was derived the noun ruse, which brought the sense ‘detour, deviation’ with it into English. It was used in the context of a hunted animal dodging about and doubling back on its tracks to throw off its pursuers, and this led in the early 17th century to the emergence of the metaphorical sense ‘trick, stratagem’.

The precise origins of Old French ruser are uncertain. It is generally referred to Latin recūsāre ‘refuse’, source of English recusant and possibly of refuse, but it has also been speculated that it came via a Vulgar Latin *rursāre or *rusāre from Latin rursus ‘backwards’.
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ruse (n.): early 15c., "dodging movements of a hunted animal;" 1620s, "a trick," from Old French ruse, reuse "diversion, switch in flight; trick, jest" (14c.), back-formed noun from reuser "to dodge, repel, retreat; deceive, cheat," from Latin recusare "deny, reject, oppose," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + causari "plead as a reason, object, allege," from causa "reason, cause" (see cause (n.)). It also has been proposed that the French word may be from Latin rursus "backwards," or a Vulgar Latin form of refusare. Johnson calls it, "A French word neither elegant nor necessary." The verb ruse was used in Middle English.

2. We drove via Lovech to the old Danube town of Ruse.: 我們開車經(jīng)由洛維奇到達(dá)了多瑙河畔的古鎮(zhèn)魯塞。

3. The children thought of a clever ruse to get their mother to leave the house so they could get ready for her surprise.: 孩子們想出一個(gè)聰明的辦法使媽媽離家,以便他們能準(zhǔn)備晚會(huì)給她一個(gè)驚喜.

4. It is now clear that this was a ruse to divide them.: 現(xiàn)在已清楚這是一個(gè)離間他們的詭計(jì)。

5. Their first ruse having failed , then tried another.: 他們一計(jì)不成, 又施一計(jì).