wangle
/wang-guhl/US // ˈwæŋ gəl //UK // (ˈwæŋɡəl) informal //
纠结,搞定,纠缠,踌躇满志
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v.有主动词 verb
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wan·gled, wan·gling.
- : to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
- : to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends: to wangle business records.
v.无主动词 verb
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wan·gled, wan·gling.
- : to use contrivance, scheming, or underhand methods to obtain some goal or result.
- : to manipulate something for dishonest ends.
n.名词 noun
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- : an act or instance of wangling.
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Examples
Other secretaries had used their nearness to him to wangle acting or dancing or singing assignments on other and lesser shows.
Wangle; the handful of straw a thatcher grasps in his left hand from time to time while thatching, twisted up tight at one end.
I had a specially bad one, and managed with great skill to wangle a fortnight's sick leave in Paris.
And the old Cats said, "Be particularly careful not to meddle with a clangle-wangle if you should see one."
But you've not managed badly to wangle a 'second', have you, Snowy and Daddles?
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