masterstroke

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In a masterstroke, Anna refused to come out of jail, and continued his fast there.
妙的是，安納拒絕走出監(jiān)獄，并在里面繼續(xù)他的絕食。
'In hindsight, it was a masterstroke for China to announce greater yuan flexibility against the dollar right about when the dollar had peaked,' he says.
他說，事后看來，中國在恰逢美元觸頂之時宣布增加人民幣兌美元的彈性，實為妙舉。
But what today looks like a masterstroke that has catapulted BarCap from being an also-ran on Wall Street into a credible competitor could easily have turned out disastrously.
但今天看來讓巴克萊資本從華爾街平庸者一舉成為可信競爭對手的神來之筆，本來也很可能演變?yōu)闉?zāi)難。

It is now clear that initially seemed like a masterstroke was in fact Erdogan's first major misstep.
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Establishing tax-free enterprise zones in our devastated Gulf region would be a masterstroke.
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It was a masterstroke to cast Riva, whose sweetness of face and manner is as unfaded as that of any actress alive.
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A masterstroke is something you do which is unexpected but very skilful and which helps you to achieve something.