单词	wangle
释义	wanglewan‧gle /ˈwæŋɡəl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwangle Origin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from waggle Verb Table VERB TABLE wangle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they wangle he, she, it wangles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wangled Present perfect I, you, we, they have wangled he, she, it has wangled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wangled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wangle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wangled Continuous Form Present I am wangling he, she, it is wangling you, we, they are wangling Past I, he, she, it was wangling you, we, they were wangling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wangling he, she, it has been wangling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wangling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wangling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wangling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES ""They're sending me to Paris next weekend.'' ""How did you manage to wangle that?'' Gail has wangled it so that we can get in without tickets. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He came to wangle your legacy from you and you refused. I wangled an interview with her once, in her office on the west end of the island. Some of them had no doubt spent most of the preceding year trying to wangle an invitation to play in the pro-am. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto succeed in getting something, especially something that is difficult to get► get · Getting the money for the house wasn't easy.· If I get first prize it'll be a miracle. ► get hold of informal to get something that is rare or difficult to find: · Do you know where I can get hold of a German--Japanese dictionary?· These kids have very little difficulty getting hold of illegal weapons. ► get/lay your hands on informal to get something that you want or need very much, or have been trying hard to get: · I bet he can't wait to lay his hands on all that money.· When Ted was a kid, he read every book about space that he could get his hands on. ► land : land a job/contract/interview etc to get a job etc that was difficult to get - use this especially when someone was very lucky to do this: · A French company has landed a contract to supply computers to China.land yourself something British: · He's managed to land himself an amazing job in advertising. ► win : win somebody's support/trust/confidence etc to get someone's support, trust etc, especially by working hard to achieve this: · It will take time to win her trust.· Gandhi won the support of many liberals in England. ► clinch : clinch a deal/contract/championship etc to finally succeed in making a deal, winning a contract etc after trying very hard: · We finally clinched the contract by offering them a lower price.· Mitchell phoned from Chicago to say that he was close to clinching the deal.· Germany scored twice in the last ten minutes to clinch the championship. ► wangle informal to get something, especially something that is difficult to get, by using clever and often slightly dishonest methods: · "They're sending me to Paris next weekend.'' "How did you manage to wangle that?''wangle it so that: · Gail has wangled it so that we can get in without tickets. ► secure formal to succeed in getting official permission for or agreement about something, especially when this was difficult: · France was able to secure the release of two of its hostages.· Schiller secured funds for the special education project. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► wangle your way out of/into something  I wangled my way into art school. informal to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someonewangle something (out of somebody) In the end she wangled an invitation.wangle your way out of/into something I wangled my way into art school.
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