masterstroke

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈmɑː.stə.strəʊk]
• 美式音标 [ˈmæs.tɚ.stroʊk]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.巧妙的动作；神技；主线

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• In a masterstroke, Anna refused to come out of jail, and continued his fast there.
  妙的是，安纳拒绝走出监狱，并在里面继续他的绝食。
• 'In hindsight, it was a masterstroke for China to announce greater yuan flexibility against the dollar right about when the dollar had peaked,' he says.
  他说，事后看来，中国在恰逢美元触顶之时宣布增加人民币兑美元的弹性，实为妙举。
• But what today looks like a masterstroke that has catapulted BarCap from being an also-ran on Wall Street into a credible competitor could easily have turned out disastrously.
  但今天看来让巴克莱资本从华尔街平庸者一举成为可信竞争对手的神来之笔，本来也很可能演变为灾难。

权威例句

• It is now clear that initially seemed like a masterstroke was in fact Erdogan's first major misstep.
  CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Erdogan and Assad at War
• Establishing tax-free enterprise zones in our devastated Gulf region would be a masterstroke.
  FORBES: Fact and Comment
• It was a masterstroke to cast Riva, whose sweetness of face and manner is as unfaded as that of any actress alive.
  NEWYORKER: Love Hurts

词组短语

短语

• a masterstroke 绝妙的一招
• masterstroke control 主线控制
• composition and masterstroke 结构主线
• Masterstroke and soul 主线与灵魂
• masterstroke of technology application 技术应用主线

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an action that is very clever and produces success

柯林斯英英字典

• A masterstroke is something you do which is unexpected but very skilful and which helps you to achieve something.