| 单词 | prestidigitation |
| 例句 | Two dozen kids in their best clothes concentrating as hard as they could to piece out “prestidigitation” one letter at a time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest feat of prestidigitation performed by Mr. Posner and Teller is the deft manner in which they manage to divert attention from the production’s deficiencies in the acting department. ‘The Tempest,’ á la Steampunk, in Cambridge, Mass. 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “Now You See Me” is a so-what movie on a grand scale that tries to transcend this unbreachable barrier through the sheer size and the audacity of its prestidigitation. Movie Review: ‘Now You See Me,’ Directed by Louis Leterrier 2013-05-30T21:29:58Z And in a stunning feat of prestidigitation, in the final act the cast switches seamlessly between the roles of the amateur actors and the mocking royal audience for which they are performing. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Later, in an act of popcorn-movie prestidigitation, all memory of yet another character is erased. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Review: The Plot Against Muggles 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Calder’s carefully balanced mobiles floating on gentle breezes and the whirling, carnival-style prestidigitation of Duchamp’s optical Rotoreliefs bear scant resemblance to each other. 'Kinesthesia' exhibit in Palm Springs spotlights kinetic art in breathtaking new dimensions 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The prestidigitation of such an otherwise insignificant film as “X-Men: Apocalypse” stands as a reproach to realists with a mitigated lust for wonder. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z As in Mr. Tiffany’s “Harry Potter” production, such effects are achieved through purely theatrical means of prestidigitation, with an often bare stage mottled into multidimensionality by Paule Constable’s lighting. Review: A Wondrous ‘Pinocchio’ With That ‘Lion King’ Magic 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z If orchestra schedules were tilted toward living composers, there would be less of a need for podium prestidigitation. The Berlin Philharmonic Searches for a Messiah 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z “You are the devil!” a flabbergasted Zoom viewer said when Levine managed a nifty bit of prestidigitation. Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Knowing remote prestidigitation could work, I spent the two weeks after booking my ticket to “The Present” lurking and squinting and nervously participating online and on the phone, exploring how. Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Still, the biggest act of prestidigitation is yet to come, and actually occurs after Pence provides his proof texts. Mike Pence and "The Book": A master class in disingenuous biblical interpretation 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Leaning into the sideshow kitsch of a superhero movie about a flying magician in an anthropomorphic cape, Raimi — in a marvelous act of movie prestidigitation — has pulled a cute rabbit from the old Disney hat. ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ review: Director Sam Raimi works his magic 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z You could argue that this is all prestidigitation, the conjuring of money from nothing. A beginner's guide to cryptocurrency 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Crucially, monetary policy oriented around individuals should be easier to understand than the customary prestidigitation. Central banks should consider offering accounts to everyone 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Nor was my prediction an act of political prestidigitation. Last year, I predicted the GOP would nominate Trump — here is what will happen next 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Such prestidigitation does a disservice both to science and to entertainment, and, I fear, serves only to increase public fear of the ocean’s apex predators. ‘Shark Week’ coincides with centennial of Jersey shore shark attacks 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z His prestidigitations got progressively grander over the years, culminating in his making the Statue of Liberty “disappear” in 1983. David Copperfield was magic consultant on ‘Now You See Me 2’ 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z And I’m not even a fan of the prestidigitation. 'iZombie' recap: Smoke and mirrors in 'Abra Cadaver' 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Ireland is tightening its rules on corporate residency, to curb this particular form of financial prestidigitation. Still slipping the net 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Some former Lucent employees, however, say it is unfair to blame Mrs. Fiorina for Ms. Aversano’s actions or for the financial prestidigitation, which were authorized by Lucent’s chief executive, not by Mrs. Fiorina. The Influence of Fiorina at Lucent, in Hindsight 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The best illusionists spend a lifetime honing their prestidigitations. Artificial Intelligence That Performs Real Magic Tricks [Video] 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Jacob Rees-Mogg, an MP known for his baroque turns of phrase, accused his party of “procedural prestidigitation” and “legislative legerdemain”. Keep calm and carry on 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z And it insists that corporations like Amazon have unlocked magical technology secrets that allow them to bring the wonders of the world to our doorstep through something like prestidigitation. Silicon Valley will destroy your job: Amazon, Facebook and our sick new economy 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z In this respect, the modern BBC TV adaptations – whose leaps of prestidigitation I've seen grumbled about – are in keeping with Conan Doyle's originals. Sherlock Holmes: dispelling the myths 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The action moved away from him, but the Notre Dame linebacker's job against Navy's option prestidigitation was to go nowhere in case it came back. Notre Dame gets the big stop for win 2013-11-03T02:29:00Z In laying to the account of the supernatural matters in occult natural philosophy which have a tolerable resemblance to feats of prestidigitation, they appear to a curious public to add imposture to insolence. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z However, profounder as a poet, he was no match for Poe in what might be termed intellectual prestidigitation. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z A perfect technic is more than a wonderful power of prestidigitation, or facility in the manipulation of an instrument. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z And Moyer, facing the highest-scoring team in baseball, the daunting pinstripes of the New York Yankees, in their two-year-old launchpad, Yankee Stadium, silences their bats with his prestidigitation. Watching Jamie Moyer at Yankee Stadium, in awe 2010-06-18T04:26:00Z But at length the Chancellor had finished his piece of prestidigitation, and, without waiting for an order, had countersigned the passport. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) I hope to convince the reader that these things really exist, and are neither illusions nor farces, nor feats of prestidigitation. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z But phenomena sufficiently striking to convert such men as Hare, Crooks, Wallace, Zöllner, and the like are certainly worthy of some attention, and cannot be at once dismissed as results of skilful prestidigitation. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Such is the product not of the schools without god but of god without schools, impossible and paradoxical, whose power manifests itself in capricious methods and in the exercise of prestidigitation. The Legacy of Ignorantism By no political prestidigitation can it be made better and wiser than the sum of their goodness and wisdom. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 "An he's more light-fingered than his predecessor, he's a master of prestidigitation!" Under the Rose You see, mademoiselle," he laughingly said, "prestidigitation is sometimes of use. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Its loftiest hopes, its deepest consolations are the offspring of clumsy jugglery and cheap prestidigitation! Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy When would he reach the easy prestidigitation of his master! Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) If later on his thought was travestied, the guilty ones—the popes and most of the ministers-general—were obliged to resort to feats of prestidigitation that are not to their credit. Life of St. Francis of Assisi It was prestidigitation for all concerned—only the side of the children of Israel was espoused in the recital. Visionaries One cannot affect surprise if the distinction between this amazing exploit of diplomatico-military prestidigitation and intermeddling in the internal affairs of another nation prove too subtle for the mental grasp of the average unpolitical individual. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference In fact, on replacing the poignard by one of the gold needles used by physicians for acupuncture, it would be possible to dispense with prestidigitation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 By what religious prestidigitation he had trapped her secret from her must remain a thick mystery now. V. V.'s Eyes It then dawns upon me that the gray-bearded Hindoo is a conjurer; and being curious to see something of Indian prestidigitation, I allow him to proceed. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The older woman, with a movement so rapid that it seemed almost prestidigitation, lifted and threw back her companion's veil. Out of the Ashes Associated word: chevron. sleigh, n. cutter, sled, sledge, bobsled, toboggan, jumper, pung. sleight of hand. prestidigitation, jugglery, legerdemain, magic, conjury. Putnam's Word Book It is very simple, like all that is done in the matter of prestidigitation. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen These three, he states, were perfectly convinced of the reality of the observed facts, and that they were not to be attributed to imposture or prestidigitation. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert The human voice is rarely heard within its walls save in connexion with corn, or the ambidextrous prestidigitation of the Wizard of the North. Speeches: Literary and Social Robert-Houdin has exhausted the subject of card-trickery, in connection with that prestidigitation which, it seems, all card-sharpers cultivate, the description of which, however, is by no means so entertaining as the visible performance. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) But at length the Chancellor had finished his piece of prestidigitation, and, without waiting for an order, had countersigned the passport. Prince Otto, a Romance Poor nations will give up on the entire trade architecture so laboriously erected in the last 20 years - if they become convinced, as they should, that it is all prestidigitation and a rich boys' club. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism It is easy to capture a meeting of honest-hearted veterans by such lamentable prestidigitation as was exhibited on Fast Day, and to pass any resolutions desired, by appealing to their enthusiasm. The Campaign of Chancellorsville And like a feat of prestidigitation Daniel disappeared into the blackness of the van. The Old Wives' Tale In matters of prestidigitation, Champnell, we Westerns are among the rudiments,—we've everything to learn,—Orientals leave us at the post. The Beetle Now a funeral, being unavoidable, cannot by an prestidigitations of logic be called perverse. South Wind With his fingers on the key he executed some mysterious prestidigitations, wrote down some words, and came to the wicket again. The Major |
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