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词汇 master stroke
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Definition of master stroke in English:

master stroke

noun
  • A very skilful and opportune act.

    Klein's master stroke was the creation of the advertorial
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Persuading my wine-drinking girlfriend to join me for the popular tour of the brewery was a master stroke.
    • Getting a career starter to alter his role so drastically and successfully in midseason is a master stroke.
    • Then early in the second-half the management pulled off a master stroke.
    • The Nivelle offensive of April 1917 had been oversold as a war-winning master stroke, and its failure stirred deep-seated discontent into open mutiny.
    • The company's decision to continue withholding the final release of taxation policy has been a master stroke.
    • His ploy to unite the party behind the compromise of the current policy probably still feels a master stroke but he forgot the rest of Britain is less obsessed with Europe.
    • The story of how he freed a beautiful widow won him romantic popularity, but was also a political master stroke.
    • It was a master stroke of second guessing and reverse psychology.
    • This proved useful but his master stroke several years later was to recognise the value of Marconi's invention of radio.
    • Looking back on the last three years, the appointment was a master stroke.
    • It seemed to me that rather than displaying panic, it was a master stroke, politically speaking.
    • Jude and fellow officials believe this has been a master stroke.
    • Confiscating everyone's toiletries on day one (replaced by a bare minimum of basics to share) is a master stroke.
    • That was a master stroke - maybe the master stroke of the year.
    • But it was a master stroke as he teased and tormented the Dublin captain.
    • The designers of the new big Jaguar have pulled off a master stroke in achieving a car which is at once thoroughly modern yet instantly recognisable for what it is.
    • The master stroke, the thing that made the plan viable, was the creation of the Home.
    • In order to mediate between the two, the car park was treated as landscape rather than building - a master stroke.
    • But the master stroke of the production was the way the plot was allowed to develop through the music and lyrics rather than just the dialog.
    • Dividing the county into two main groups, with the first and second in each group to qualify for the semi-finals was a master stroke.
    Synonyms
    act of genius, coup, successful manoeuvre, triumph, victory, complete success
    French coup de maître

Definition of master stroke in US English:

master stroke

nounˈmastər ˌstrōk
  • An outstandingly skillful and opportune act; a very clever move.

    绝招,高招;妙举

    Klein's master stroke was the creation of the advertorial
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Confiscating everyone's toiletries on day one (replaced by a bare minimum of basics to share) is a master stroke.
    • But it was a master stroke as he teased and tormented the Dublin captain.
    • The designers of the new big Jaguar have pulled off a master stroke in achieving a car which is at once thoroughly modern yet instantly recognisable for what it is.
    • It seemed to me that rather than displaying panic, it was a master stroke, politically speaking.
    • It was a master stroke of second guessing and reverse psychology.
    • The company's decision to continue withholding the final release of taxation policy has been a master stroke.
    • Looking back on the last three years, the appointment was a master stroke.
    • Dividing the county into two main groups, with the first and second in each group to qualify for the semi-finals was a master stroke.
    • Then early in the second-half the management pulled off a master stroke.
    • This proved useful but his master stroke several years later was to recognise the value of Marconi's invention of radio.
    • The master stroke, the thing that made the plan viable, was the creation of the Home.
    • Jude and fellow officials believe this has been a master stroke.
    • Getting a career starter to alter his role so drastically and successfully in midseason is a master stroke.
    • But the master stroke of the production was the way the plot was allowed to develop through the music and lyrics rather than just the dialog.
    • The story of how he freed a beautiful widow won him romantic popularity, but was also a political master stroke.
    • In order to mediate between the two, the car park was treated as landscape rather than building - a master stroke.
    • That was a master stroke - maybe the master stroke of the year.
    • The Nivelle offensive of April 1917 had been oversold as a war-winning master stroke, and its failure stirred deep-seated discontent into open mutiny.
    • His ploy to unite the party behind the compromise of the current policy probably still feels a master stroke but he forgot the rest of Britain is less obsessed with Europe.
    • Persuading my wine-drinking girlfriend to join me for the popular tour of the brewery was a master stroke.
    Synonyms
    act of genius, coup, successful manoeuvre, triumph, victory, complete success
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