Ardid in english
Scheme
pronunciation: skim part of speech: noun
pronunciation: skim part of speech: noun
In gestures
ardid = gimmick ; stunt ; ploy ; scheme ; stalking horse ; trick ; gaff ; wheeze ; smoke and mirrors ; gambit ; wile ; guile.
Example: Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.Example: People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.Example: They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.Example: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Example: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Example: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Example: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Example: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.Example: The truth is that the government has relied for years on smoke and mirrors to create the illusion of sound finances in the face of a serious budget deficit.Example: She's not only the most hated person in America, she's also appears to be pushing her luck with her latest gambit.Example: Cleopatra would use her wiles and wits to become the sole ruler of Egypt and the lover of the two most powerful men of Rome: Caesar and Marc Antony.Example: They loved his genuineness and utter lack of guile.more:
» ardid comercial = marketing ploy .
Example: I wonder if Ms. Williams' sugar-coated Cuban tour was a marketing ploy by the Cuban government as an attempt to gain US sympathy.» ardid de marketing = marketing ploy .
Example: I wonder if Ms. Williams' sugar-coated Cuban tour was a marketing ploy by the Cuban government as an attempt to gain US sympathy.» ardid electoral = election stunt .
Example: Supposedly, this is some kind of election stunt, which is obviously receiving much media attention.» ardid político = political stunt .
Example: The Pakistan government's decision last week to block pornographic web sites is more a political stunt than an effort to purify society.» ardid publicitario = publicity stunt ; publicity ploy ; advertising ploy .
Example: After all, librarian and community know each other intimately without expensive surveys and publicity stunts. Example: This is a publicity ploy aimed at generating a visceral reaction among potential clients. Example: New advertising ploys are also being tried to promote the greater use of audiobooks.