Translation of decoy – English–Mandarin Chinese dictionary

decoy
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈdiː.kɔɪ/
us
/ˈdiː.kɔɪ/
something or someone used to trick or confuse people, especially something or someone that is not what they appear to be
诱饵,圈套;用作诱饵的人
Air Force One flew ahead as a decoy, with the President in another plane behind.
These attacks could be a decoy, a manoeuvre to throw everyone off guard.
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(Translation of decoy from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of decoy

decoy
Trials for control of ixodid ticks using pheromoneacaricide tick decoys.
Further, we determined the decoy effects on endogenous gene expression.
Both sides have employed decoys and clever ruses either to obtain evidence or to conceal it, as the case may be.
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They find it very hard to tell friend from foe, real targets from decoys, objectives that are worth combating from every kind of clutter.
They passed base coin and acted as decoys for their partners.
Attracted to the treated animals, the ticks formed aggregations on the animal body adjacent to, or near, the decoys, acquired lethal doses of the acaricides and died.
Is it economic to cultivate the decoy plant as a pest control measure compared to existing alternatives?
We have reason to believe that at times they are simply decoys.
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Translations of decoy

in Chinese (Traditional)
誘餌,圈套, 用作誘餌的人…
in Spanish
señuelo, desviar, atraer…
in Portuguese
isca, engodo…
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