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).
雙語例句
1. Fires were started by the prisoners as a diversionary tactic.
犯人縱火以轉移注意力。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The tactic could well help invigorate a struggling campaign.
該策略會非常有助於促進處境艱難的競選活動。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
在超級大國的峰會之前降低公眾的期望值是個屢試不爽的策略。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He pressed on in the hope that a few others would join him. The tactic paid off.
他硬著頭皮幹下去，希望能有幾個人加入進來。這一招奏效了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. They used this kind of scare tactic when I was growing up.