wangle

wangle

['wæŋgl]

v.(用计谋等)得到, 取得

例句与用法:

She's wangled an extra week's holiday for herself.

她多弄到一星期的假。

She managed to wangle an invitation to the reception.

她设法弄到了招待会的请帖。

I'd love to go to the match tomorrow do you think you can wangle it?

我很想去看明天的比赛--你能找个词儿安排一下吗?

I'll try to wangle a contribution out of him.

我要设法让他出把力。

He was trying to wangle his way onto the committee.

他千方百计想钻入委员会中。

It's bound to be a boring party let's try to wangle out of it/going.

这次聚会一定没意思--咱们想个法子别去了。

词形变化:

名词: wangler | 动词过去式: wangled | 动词过去分词: wangled | 动词现在分词: wangling | 动词第三人称单数: wangles |


vt.vi.【口】

1. 以计谋得到; 巧妙地拿到

2. 粉饰; 欺瞒; 逃避

n.

【口】狡诈的行为


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