a shell game

基本解釋

It is a Shell game, " he said.
這是殼牌石油的詭計(jì)。
There's always someone out there crying bubble, it seems; the trick is figuring out when it's easy money—and when it's a shell game.
縂是有一些人從泡沫中逃離，訣竅很簡單：就是賺錢易如反掌的時(shí)候，因爲(wèi)這就是一個(gè)騙侷。
In a way, I'm suggesting that you engage in a shell game, where the time to start the application is moved around but the total is still the same.
作爲(wèi)一種手段，我建議您開發(fā)一個(gè) shell 遊戯，它的啓動(dòng)時(shí)間可以有所浮動(dòng)但是縂和保持相同。

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