Trickery is the use of tricks to fool people — getting what you want by making someone believe something untrue, rather than by force or by honest asking. It is an uncountable noun: we say 'a lot of trickery', not 'a trickery'.

Trickerytrickery is the use of tricks to fool people是用詭計來騙人 — getting what you want by making someone believe something untrue藉由讓別人相信不實的事，來得到你想要的東西, rather than by force or by honest asking而不是靠強迫或誠實地開口要求. It is an uncountable noun它是不可數名詞: we say 'a lot of trickery', not 'a trickery'我們說'a lot of trickery'，不會說'a trickery'。

The feeling of the word is usually disapproving. If you say a company got customers by trickery, you are accusing them.

The feeling of the word is usually disapproving這個字通常帶著不贊同的語氣. If you say a company got customers by trickery如果你說一家公司是靠trickery拉到客戶的, you are accusing them你就是在指控他們。

But the word is lighter than 'fraud' or 'deception' — it carries a hint of cleverness, even of a game, so it also gets used with a smile about magicians, card players, and children who talk their way out of trouble. That double life is the interesting part: 'a bit of trickery' can be almost fond, while 'political trickery' is a hard accusation.

But the word is lighter than 'fraud' or 'deception'但這個字比'fraud'或'deception'輕一些 — it carries a hint of cleverness, even of a game它帶著一點聰明機靈的味道，甚至有點像遊戲, so it also gets used with a smile about magicians, card players, and children who talk their way out of trouble所以也會帶著笑意用在魔術師、玩牌的人，還有耍嘴皮子脫身的小孩身上. That double life is the interesting part這種雙重性格正是有趣的地方: 'a bit of trickery' can be almost fond'a bit of trickery'幾乎可以是帶著喜愛說的, while 'political trickery' is a hard accusation而'political trickery'卻是很重的指控。

It sounds slightly bookish and old-fashioned; in everyday speech people are more likely to say someone 'tricked' them or 'played a trick'.

It sounds slightly bookish and old-fashioned它聽起來有點書面、有點過時; in everyday speech people are more likely to say someone 'tricked' them or 'played a trick'日常說話裡人們比較會說某人'tricked'了他們，或'played a trick'。