strategy: [17] Etymologically, strategy denotes ‘leading an army’. It comes ultimately from Greek stratēgós ‘commander-in-chief, general’, a compound noun formed from stratós ‘a(chǎn)rmy’ and ágein ‘lead’ (a relative of English act, agent, etc). From it was formed stratēgíā ‘generalship’, which reached English via French stratégie. Another derivative was stratēgeīn ‘be a general’, which in turn spawned stratégēma ‘a(chǎn)ct of a general’. This passed via Latin stratēgēma and French stratagème into English as stratagem [15].
strategy (n.)
1810, "art of a general," from French stratégie (18c.) and directly from Greek strategia "office or command of a general," from strategos "general, commander of an army," also the title of various civil officials and magistrates, from stratos "multitude, army, expedition, encamped army," literally "that which is spread out" (see structure (n.)) + agos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). In non-military use from 1887.
雙語例句
1. Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.
蓋茨以一篇有關(guān)部署策略的鴻篇大論予以回應(yīng)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times.