手段 meaning in English

1.(方法) means; medium; measure; method; approach; lever; machinery; plan; resource; road; device; engine; tool; weapon 短语和例子
不择手段 by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously; 高压手段 high-handed measures; 强制手段 coercive method; coercion; 写小说作为一种谋生手段绝非易事。 fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.2.(不正当的方法) trick; artifice 短语和例子
卑鄙手段 a dishonourable trick; a scurvy trick; an underhand trick; 采用种种手段 resort to all sorts of tricks; use every artifice; 耍手段 play tricks