1.〈古〉诡计,奸诈;〈罕〉手段,策略
2.技巧,手法
1.dexterity or skill in doing something
2.cunning or trickery
1.(That's not quite true, of course, but politics often involves a bit of sophistry and rhetorical sleight-of-hand).
（这并不全是事实。当然，政治通常包括一点诡辩和修辞技巧）。
2.All this may sound too clever by half to some ears, as if linguistic sleight-of-hand can somehow overcome deep disagreements.
对某些人来说，这一切也许听上去过于聪明，仿佛语言上的花招能以某种方式克服深层次分歧。
3.But would such a sleight of hand really stand up to legal scrutiny in the aftermath of Armageddon?
但这种戏法真的经得起末日审判的法律审查吗？
4.But the attempt at verbal sleight of hand did little to conceal what appeared to be Syria's intent, experts and Western diplomats said.
然而，专家和西方外交家说，叙利亚试图玩的文字游戏丝毫没有掩盖它的真正意图。
5.Harry Potter may have been a Blairite phenomenon, conquering the world with sleight of hand and boyish allure.
《哈利•波特》也许是一种布莱尔主义现象，用戏法和孩子气的诱惑控制世界。
6.Thank you. If anybody wants to see some sleight of hand later on, I'll be outside. Thank you. (Applause) Thank you.
谢谢.如果一会儿谁还想看更多的花招.我会在外面.谢谢.（掌声）谢谢。
7.the fact that Glenn Beck's website exposed the sleight of hand shows that you can be opinionated yet fair.
事实格伦贝克的网站，一方面显示暴露了花招，你还可以自以为是的公平。
8.The application Dr van der Linde made would have steered clear of this problem through a small sleight of hand.
Linde博士的这份申请试图耍个“小花招”让问题变得明朗。
9.But with the resulting bubble contributing to a deep recession, US tolerance for this mercantile sleight of hand has come to an end.
不过，随着越吹越大的泡沫最终造成一场深刻的衰退，美国人对于这种商人把戏的耐心也走到了尽头。
10.The damaged king, who by artistic sleight of hand is everyman, can be restored to full potency when he gets his voice back.
从艺术手法上讲，这位有缺陷的国王象征了每一个普通人，当他重获话语权时，就能激发出自己的所有潜力。