manipulate

• vt. 操纵；操作；巧妙地处理；篡改

回构自manipulation.

1. influence or control shrewdly or deviously;

"He manipulated public opinion in his favor"

2. hold something in one's hands and move it

3. fake or falsify;

"Fudge the figures"

"cook the books"

"falsify the data"

4. manipulate in a fraudulent manner;

"rig prices"

5. control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage;

"She manipulates her boss"

"She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"

"The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"

"she keeps in line"

6. treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

manipulate

manipulate: see manual

manipulate (v.)

1827, "to handle skillfully by hand," a back-formation from manipulation. Of mental influence, from 1864. Financial sense is from 1870. In mid-20c., it served as a euphemism for "masturbation." Related: Manipulated; manipulating.

Some experts even consider lying a developmental milestone, like crawling and walking, because it requires sophisticated planning, attention and the ability to see a situation from someone else5 s perspective to manipulate them.

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Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence,the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations manipulating a number of variables relating to people’s ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced.

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She uses her charm to manipulate people.

她利用自身的魅力来摆布别人。

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As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion.

身为一位政客，他知道如何左右公众舆论。

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They managed to manipulate us into agreeing to help.

他们设法促使我们答应了提供帮助。

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to manipulate the gears and levers of a machine

熟练地操纵机器的排挡和变速杆

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Computers are very efficient at manipulating information.

计算机在处理信息方面效率极高。

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[不可数名词, 可数名词]Advertising like this is a cynical manipulation of the elderly.

作这样的广告宣传就是耍弄老年人。

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data manipulation

数据处理

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manipulation of the bones of the back

对脊椎骨的推拿治疗

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He is a very difficult character. He manipulates people...

他是个极难对付的角色，总是把人玩弄于股掌之间。

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She's always borrowing my clothes and manipulating me to give her vast sums of money...

她老是向我借衣服，还千方百计地要我给她大笔大笔的钱。

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She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events...

她仅有一次没能控制和处理好局势。

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They felt he had been cowardly in manipulating the system to avoid the draft.

他们觉得他太没种，居然钻漏洞逃避服役。

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The technology uses a pen to manipulate a computer...

这项技术使用一支笔来操作电脑。

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The puppets are expertly manipulated by Liz Walker...

利兹·沃克熟练地操纵着木偶。

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The way he can manipulate my leg has helped my arthritis so much.

他为我的腿实施的推拿术治疗对我的关节炎大有好处。

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To drive an automobile, you must learn how to manipulate the steering wheel and pedals.

你必须学会如何操作方向盘和脚踏板,才能开汽车.

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Explains how to manipulate letter case in code.

说明如何操作代码中的字母大小写.

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You can manipulate boredom in a way that can get them to do something challenging.

某种程度上你可以运用无聊，使孩子们做一些具挑战性的事情.

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Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.

原始人很快就学会了使用工具.

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A clever politician knows how to manipulate his supporters.

一个聪明的政治家知道如何利用他的拥护者.

辞典例句

We can manipulate the vertices without locking, but we'll discuss that later.

我们可以操作这些顶点而不用锁定, 不过我们将在以后讨论.

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The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.

财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留.

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This section describes this mechanism and how to use it to safely manipulate the interacttreethread.

这部分详细说明了这个机制和怎么去安全的使用它们.

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If I cannot charm, use or manipulate my beloved then how am I going to behave?

如果我无法迷住 、 利用或操控我的至爱的话,那么我要怎样来举止行为 呢 ?

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The main elevator control system , including control systems , rudder and control system to manipulate the system.

主操纵系统包括升降舵操纵系统 、 副翼操纵系统和方向舵操纵系统.

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