tactic: [17] Tactics denotes etymologically ‘arrangement, setting in order’. It goes back ultimately to Greek tássein ‘put in order’, hence ‘arrange in battle formation’. From this was derived taktós ‘arranged’, which formed the basis of the further adjective taktikós ‘concerned with arrangement or (military) planning’ (source of English tactic and tactical [16]). It was used in the plural, taktiká, for ‘matters relating to arrangement’, and this served as a model for English tactics.
tactic (n.)
1766, from Modern Latin tactica, from Greek taktike (tekhne) "(art of) arrangement," from fem. of taktikos "pertaining to arrangement" (see tactics). Earlier it meant "a tactician" (1630s), and was in use as an adjective meaning "tactical" (c. 1600).
双语例句
1. Fires were started by the prisoners as a diversionary tactic.
犯人纵火以转移注意力。
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2. The tactic could well help invigorate a struggling campaign.
该策略会非常有助于促进处境艰难的竞选活动。
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3. It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
在超级大国的峰会之前降低公众的期望值是个屡试不爽的策略。
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4. He pressed on in the hope that a few others would join him. The tactic paid off.
他硬着头皮干下去，希望能有几个人加入进来。这一招奏效了。
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5. They used this kind of scare tactic when I was growing up.
