gimmick

1 Rather than being a gimmick, in other words, the one-take gambit added new layers to a tense story of two characters moving in opposite directions.

2 It is another gimmick aimed at showing the world that this time they are serious about peace.

这只是又一个向世界表明美国现在正在认真地对待和平的小把戏罢了。

3 This is the flimsy gimmick of sale of very much time bar.

这是当时很多网吧营销的脆弱的手法.

4 Lady in the Lake, with its self-imposed technical gimmick, is perhaps comparable to Hitchcock's Rope – but I don't think Rope had anything quite as ingenious as that moment.

5 The gimmick lets channels and networks indulge in attention-getting publicity by packaging together programs that are vaguely on the same theme.

6 It sounds a little unconventional, but this is no TikTok gimmick.

7 Reilly must have smuggled the pirate gimmicks out of the garage the afternoon before.

8 Classical music is riddled with silly nicknames that have nothing to do with the pieces they refer to — like the “Moonlight” Sonata — invented by publishers, not composers, as gimmicks.

9 And Pixar movies, definitely, don't need an added gimmick; they were doing just fine before 3D came along.

10 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and other "Star Trek" spinoffs had a laxer attitude toward the gimmick and better reasons to employ it.

11 It was a stopgap when so many athletes went off to serve, a way of keeping baseball in the public consciousness that many suspected was a gimmick and little more.

12 At a certain point, the gimmick begins to feel strained, so it is a relief when the narrator steps away, if only briefly, to let the lovers hash things out.

13 Fiction by mobile phone is still essentially at the gimmick stage in Europe.

14 It’s a drab, unpleasant line of work in which cheesy slogans and gimmicks pass for creativity.”

15 Barris figured the gimmick of putting himself in front of the camera could help the show break through the clutter.

16 It's not a gimmick, the way that it's done in the show.

17 Alas, the gimmick wasn't enough to ensure a healthy run, and the production closed after 89 performances.

18 She chronicles "dark, twisted games" that allegedly Mayer played with her as she slowly lost her mind to his hot and cold antics and gimmicks.

19 This reading maybe makes HFR an interesting discussion point in the context of this specific film, but also a one-of-a-kind gimmick.

20 “There are many talented female boxers, but a lot of times, you need to have a gimmick,” said the gentle-voiced Ms. McLeod-Wells.

1 诡计

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2 小玩意

trangam

3 窍门

knack

4 圈套

lime-twig plant web catch net pan trap snare pitfall hooker toil noose cobweb catch-22 weenie birdlime trepan

5 手法

pass touch mechanism execution contrivance

6 小发明

gizmo

7 噱头

stunt claptrap hokum razzmatazz hook gag shtick hype razzle-dazzle grandstand play doggerel

8 把戏

shenanigans trick sleight of hand

9 花招

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10 诀窍

hang trick mystery knack

11 小玩意儿

knick-knack gimmickry bagatelle