tactical

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tac·tic·al /ˈtæktɪkəl/ adjectiveadj

1 PLANrelating to what you do to achieve what you want, especially as part of a game or large plan 策略性的；谋略性的

Two players were substituted for tactical reasons.

两名球员因战术需要被替换下场。

tactical move/decision/ploy

a tactical decision to send in troops

派遣军队的战略决定

tactical error/mistake/blunder (=a mistake that will harm your plans later) 策略失误/错误/疏忽

2. tactical weapon/missile PMa missile that is sent a short distance in military battle 战术性武器/导弹

Examples from the Corpus

tactical weapon/missile• Beneath this umbrella of deterrence are tactical weapons.• The possibility of using it as a tactical weapon against the king-duke was too valuable an asset to be abandoned.• Your mission is to boldly go about the galaxy destroying the Klingon forces which possess many new tactical weapons and abilities.• But these women also employed medical definitions of physical and mental weakness as an effective tactical weapon in the battle with men.

3. PMrelating to the way military forces are arranged in a battle 战术上的

—tactically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

tactical• Even short-range nuclear missiles are tactical.• a tactical advantage• a tactical army unit• The next level, the tactical level, is involved in negotiating junctions and situations such as overtaking.• This distressing situation served to bring out the fact that Nagumo had been assigned two tactical missions which were essentially incompatible.• They have agreed to close the business as a tactical move to avoid public criticism.• No one thinks more attentively about the tactical political options.• Forbes's unexpected emergence points to intriguing tactical questions.

tactical error/mistake/blunder• One problem relates to a tactical blunder by Swapo.• Because he was still ideologically sound, strategic and tactical mistakes could be forgiven.• The tactical mistakes made in attempting to implement this program were manifold, but more important was the strategic error.• First, he made the tactical error of blaming the civil war on the ethnic groups in the north of the country.• Could this have been a major tactical error on my part?• However, by two grave tactical errors, they frittered away this supremacy without ever realising its value.

From Longman Business Dictionary

tacticaltac·tic·al /ˈtæktɪkəl/ adjectiveadj

1done in order to achieve what you want at a later time, especially in a large plan

Their agreement was a tactical move to avoid the threat of legal action.

2tactical mistake/error a mistake that will harm your plans in the future

It was probably a tactical mistake to offer the contract to a new company.

tac·tic·al adjectiveadj

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