英语词汇“to pull strings”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

i. A cord for actuating a puppet. Also figurative, esp. in to pull the strings, to control the course of affairs, to be the concealed operator in what is ostensibly done by another; to pull strings, to exert influence privately. Cf. string-pulling n. at Compounds 2 below.

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society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence > behind the scenes

to pull (also move) the wires1813

to pull (also work) the ropes1841

to pull the strings1860

to pull strings1924

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet > strings or wires of

wire1656

string1860

1860–70 W. Stubbs Lect. European Hist. (1904) i. i. 11 A king who pulled the strings of government so exclusively himself.

1868 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 191 650 Persons..who pull the strings of the Catholic world in the city of Rome.

c1880 Our Own Country II. 257 Some men..who pulled the strings that influenced the mob.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lx. 421 The same men continuing to serve year after year, because they hold the strings in their hands.

1924 M. Kennedy Constant Nymph iii. xvi. 213 With half a dozen strings within her reach, she had not made up her mind which to pull.

1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xxii. 404 I've been trying to pull a few strings myself..but there's an ominous frigidity on all sides.

1955 G. Greene Loser takes All i. v. 26 Rice is still short, but I'm certain Aunt Marion can pull strings with the grocer.

1960 News Chron. 30 Jan. 3/8 She admits she will pull any strings to get things done.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. viii. 265 He couldn't be dumb or they wouldn't have accepted him at Le Rosay. On the other hand, his father had strings to pull everywhere.

单词	to pull strings
释义	> as lemmas to pull strings i. A cord for actuating a puppet. Also figurative, esp. in to pull the strings, to control the course of affairs, to be the concealed operator in what is ostensibly done by another; to pull strings, to exert influence privately. Cf. string-pulling n. at Compounds 2 below. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence > behind the scenes to pull (also move) the wires1813 to pull (also work) the ropes1841 to pull the strings1860 to pull strings1924 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet > strings or wires of wire1656 string1860 1860–70 W. Stubbs Lect. European Hist. (1904) i. i. 11 A king who pulled the strings of government so exclusively himself. 1868 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 191 650 Persons..who pull the strings of the Catholic world in the city of Rome. c1880 Our Own Country II. 257 Some men..who pulled the strings that influenced the mob. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lx. 421 The same men continuing to serve year after year, because they hold the strings in their hands. 1924 M. Kennedy Constant Nymph iii. xvi. 213 With half a dozen strings within her reach, she had not made up her mind which to pull. 1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xxii. 404 I've been trying to pull a few strings myself..but there's an ominous frigidity on all sides. 1955 G. Greene Loser takes All i. v. 26 Rice is still short, but I'm certain Aunt Marion can pull strings with the grocer. 1960 News Chron. 30 Jan. 3/8 She admits she will pull any strings to get things done. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. viii. 265 He couldn't be dumb or they wouldn't have accepted him at Le Rosay. On the other hand, his father had strings to pull everywhere. extracted from stringn. < as lemmas
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