| 单词 | to pull the lever |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull the lever b. figurative, spec. in phr. to pull the lever and variants, to activate, experiment with, or facilitate the means or agency of making something happen. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > experiment [phrase] to pull the lever1974 the world > existence and causation > causation > [phrase] > pull levers to pull the lever1974 1903 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 410 The papal nuntius presses every lever and turns every screw. 1974 Times 4 Apr. 14 Job satisfaction might be found by moving to a new job that gave him or her the chance to ‘pull levers and see what happens’ rather than advising other people before they pull the levers. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 30 Oct. 3/3 Jane Henry, wife of a community-college professor and mother of two, is concerned about the environment, so she will pull a lever for Carter. 1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 8 Feb. 26/3 There have been times when the Fed pulled the normal levers to coax the economy to zig, when instead that led the economy to zag. < as lemmas |
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