Tra từ intrigue - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a web of intrigue/deceit/deception/lies etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
more
▪ Inherent in the plan is a second set of clues, even more unclear, more intriguing.
▪ Other aspects of the story depart from Lear in a more intriguing way.
▪ The second possibility is more intriguing.
▪ None of those figures is more intriguing or controversial than Wolf.
▪ Yet there were other, more intriguing ways Ranieri made money.
▪ Advanced users are experimenting with graphical versions that promise to be even more intriguing and popular.
most
▪ Perhaps the most intriguing report of such a possible fall was reported in April 1995.
▪ And for many the role of the United States presents one of the most intriguing puzzles of all.
▪ She seems most intrigued by the situation, attracted and repelled at the same time.
▪ The options up front provide the most intriguing argument of all.
▪ Morris offers no answers, but the often skewed perspectives of his subjects point us down most intriguing paths.
▪ As a first taste of what the series might offer, it is the most intriguing.
▪ The explanation of micropolitical behavior by reference to personality is perhaps the most intriguing of the four sets of factors.
NOUN
idea
▪ It's an intriguing idea that invites further discussion.
▪ As Emma was seated directly behind him, it afforded her such an intriguing idea that she was nearly breathless.
▪ But he was intrigued by his idea.
question
▪ Forbes's unexpected emergence points to intriguing tactical questions.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc
▪ Neville Chamberlain wrote that the Cabinet was a nest of intrigue, which was, considering everything, an understatement.
▪ Perhaps we're in the middle of a nest of spies whom Meredith-Lee was about to unmask.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ One question has particularly intrigued those working on this study.
▪ Specialists were intrigued by a woman who writes upside-down.
▪ The final part of the letter intrigued him greatly.
▪ While King Richard was abroad, the barons had been intriguing against him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The thought of experiencing health intrigues me.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
political
▪ The Board of Health was disbanded in 1858 amid a welter of political intrigue and orchestrated opposition.
▪ Joe was ideal to have around in a command beset by political intrigue.
▪ Parys had been suspended after alleging on April 6 that politicians were planning to involve army officers in political intrigue.
▪ The Jesuit position was not, however, simply a matter of political intrigue.
▪ Manipulation, propaganda, prejudice and political intrigue are often their province.
▪ One of our interviews with a manager in a high slack company illustrates the functionality of political intrigue.
▪ Mr Serra's abrasive personality and taste for political intrigue have made him many enemies.
▪ Failure to do so can easily make the consultant a victim of political intrigue.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Silver is caught in a web of political intrigue.
▪ The world of politics is a world of deception and intrigue.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Alarmed, Mei-ling and Ei-ling initiated a subtle intrigue designed to keep Stilwell in place.
▪ Controversy, intrigue, the literary spilling of blood is the very stuff of the Guitarist letters page.
▪ For one thing, the memoirs of several surviving actors in the drama have appeared with compelling new details of the intrigue.
▪ Given the tone of our conversation and the weather, an entire nexus of unspoken intrigue suddenly surrounded me.
▪ His relationships were full of intrigue and conflict.
▪ Later she turned to Romantic Suspense of the thriller variety, specializing in tales of international crime, espionage, and intrigue.
▪ Such was their initiation to the deceptive intrigues of early twentieth-century geopolitics.
▪ The Board of Health was disbanded in 1858 amid a welter of political intrigue and orchestrated opposition.

intrigue

I. in‧trigue¹ /ɪnˈtriːɡ/ verb
[date : 1600-1700; Language : French; Origin : intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intricare; ⇨ intricate]
1. [TRANSITIVE]
if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it seems strange or mysterious:
　 ▪ Other people’s houses always intrigued her.

2. [INTRANSITIVE]
formal to make secret plans to harm someone or make them lose their position of power
intrigue against
　 ▪ While King Richard was abroad, the barons had been intriguing against him.

II. in‧trigue² /ˈɪntriːɡ/ noun
[UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
the making of secret plans to harm someone or make them lose their position of power, or a plan of this kind:
　 ▪ It’s an exciting story of political intrigue and murder.
　 ▪ a web of intrigue (=complicated set of secret plans)
intrigue of
　 ▪ the political intrigues of the capital