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).
例文
1. Fires were started by the prisoners as a diversionary tactic .
犯人は火をつけて注意力をそらす。
2.The tactic could well help invigorate a struggling campaign.
この戦略は、困難な選挙活動を促進するのに非常に役立ちます。
3.It 's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
超大国のサミット前に公衆の期待値を下げるのは試行錯誤の策略である。
4.He pressed on in the hope that a few others would join him.The tactic paid off.
彼は無理にやっていくので、何人か参加してほしい。この手が功を奏した。
5.They used this kind of scare tactic when I was growing up.