手段

手段 [shǒu duàn]

1. ■ （方法） means; medium; measure; method; approach; lever; machinery; plan; resource; road; device; engine; tool; weapon:

不择手段 by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously;

高压手段 high-handed measures;

强制手段 coercive method; coercion;

写小说作为一种谋生手段绝非易事。 Fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.

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常用词组

1. ■ （不正当的方法） trick; artifice:

卑鄙手段 a dishonourable trick; a scurvy trick; an underhand trick;

采用种种手段 resort to all sorts of tricks; use every artifice;

耍手段 play tricks