交际策略是交际过程中语言使用者为实现交际目的而进行的积极尝试和努力。但是,只把交际策略当作语言学习者在语言表达(而且是口语表达)中才出现的思想和行为活动的研究,是有失偏颇的。本文在前人的研究基础上试图将“交际策略”的定义加以完善,并就其适用性进行探讨,以期对外语的教和学有所启发。 Communication strategy is a positive attempt and effort by the language users in the communication process to achieve the goal of communication. However, it is biased to regard the communicative strategy as a study of the ideological and behavioral activities that language learners only appear in linguistic expressions (but also in spoken expressions). Based on the previous studies, this article attempts to perfect the definition of “communication strategy” and discuss its applicability, in the hope of enlightening the teaching and learning of foreign languages.