单词 | manipulate |
释义 | ma·nip·u·late 1. < was a spastic child and found it difficult to manipulate a pencil — Current Biography > < a cat was trained to manipulate an electric device — J.H.Masserman > < manipulate an injured limb > 2. a. < nature may be so manipulated that mathematical laws may be applied to it — M.R.Cohen > < if we can only quantify our material and manipulate it statistically — S.L.Payne > < expert both in manipulating the dialectic processes and in applying them to theology — H.O.Taylor > b. (1) < providence has strangely manipulated events toward this end — Agnes S. Turnbull > < wealth is manipulated much as it is in our society — Abram Kardiner > < manipulating a situation to achieve certain advantages — F.G.Hawley > (2) < manipulated the Indians for national purposes, involving them in successive wars — H.M.Hyman > < knew how to manipulate his weaknesses — Mary Deasy > < being used and manipulated by the knowing men around him — New Republic > (3) < groups who manipulate the prices — Vicki Baum > 3. < considerably manipulated by the suppression … of a number of passages — Henry Fielding > < suspected that the police reports were manipulated — Evelyn G. Cruickshanks > < voting lists were manipulated — W.O.Douglas > Synonyms: see handle |
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