stratagem

• n. 戦略

ラテン語のstrategema、戦略、戦術から。ギリシャ語のstrategema、軍事戦略、軍事指揮、語源はstrategyと同じ、-ema、名詞接尾辞。

stratagem (n.)

"artifice, trick," late 15c., from Middle French strattegeme, stratagème "trick, especially to outwit an enemy" (15c.), from Italian stratagemma, from Latin strategema "artifice, stratagem," from Greek strategema "the act of a general; military stratagem," from strategein "to be a general, command," from strategos "general" (see strategy). Related: Stratagematic; stratagemical. The second -a- is a Romanic misspelling (compare Spanish estratagema).

1. A common saying goes, " Knit the brows and you will hit upon a stratagem . 「In other words,much thinking yields wisdom.

俗語では、「眉をしかめると気がつく」と言われている。知恵を出してほしいということだ。

2.Knit the brows and a stratagem comes to mind.

眉間にしわを寄せて、気をつけて。

3.Trade discounts may be used as a competitive stratagem to secure customer loyalty.

商業割引は、顧客のロイヤルティを維持するための競争戦略として使用できます。

4.I doubt that Dinitz took the stratagem too seriously.

ディニッツがこのやり方に真剣に対応するのではないかと疑っている。

5.I was merely a pawn in his cunning stratagem .

私は彼の狡猾な計略の中の1つのツールにすぎない。