单词 | manipulate |
释义 | manipulate (mənɪpjʊleɪt ) Word forms: manipulates , manipulating , manipulated 1. verb If you say that someone manipulates people, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to do what they want. [disapproval] He is a very difficult character. He manipulates people. [VERB noun] She's always borrowing my clothes and manipulating me to give her money. [VERB noun to-infinitive] They have kids who manipulate them into buying toys. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: influence, control, direct, guide manipulation (mənɪpjʊleɪʃən )Word forms: manipulations variable noun ...repeated criticism or manipulation of our mind. [+ of] I don't like manipulations or lies. 2. verb If you say that someone manipulates an event or situation, you disapprove of them because they use or control it for their own benefit, or cause it to develop in the way they want. [disapproval] She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events. [VERB noun] They felt he had been cowardly in manipulating the system to avoid the draft. [VERB noun] manipulation variable noun ...accusations of political manipulation. 3. verb If you manipulate something that requires skill, such as a complicated piece of equipment or a difficult idea, you operate it or process it. The technology uses a pen to manipulate a computer. [VERB noun] The puppets are expertly manipulated by Liz Walker. [VERB noun] Much of what I do is manipulating data from different sources. [VERB noun] Synonyms: work, use, operate, handle manipulation variable noun ...science that requires only the simplest of mathematical manipulations. 4. verb If someone manipulates your bones or muscles, they skilfully move and press them with their hands in order to push the bones into their correct position or make the muscles less stiff. The way he can manipulate my leg has helped my arthritis so much. [VERB noun] Synonyms: massage, rub, knead, palpate manipulation variable noun A permanent cure will only be effected by acupuncture, chiropractic or manipulation. Collocations: manipulate a puppet The puppeteer manipulates the puppets using a split bamboo stick that runs down the middle of the puppet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The puppeteers sit behind the screen and manipulate the puppets based on the scene being played. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some very experienced puppeteers can manipulate their puppets to perform various stunts, for example, somersaults in the air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The puppeteers manipulate the puppets under the light, while they position themselves unseen against the black unlit background. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the players manipulated the puppets, placing them on the screen and then moving them away, they create the illusion of the figures suddenly materializing and then fading out. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her favourite instrument was a green lampshade, which she would strike and then manipulate the sound. Times, Sunday Times It can be played as if it were a piano but it allows the player to manipulate the sound by increasing the pressure on the soft silicon surface. Times, Sunday Times Further innova-tion allowed musicians to manipu-late samples in the same way that they could manipulate a sound wave in a synthesiser. Times, Sunday Times This allows a sound editor or sound designer to heavily manipulate a sound to meet his or her needs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This information can then be used, for example, to allow a robot to manipulate an object or to avoid moving into the object. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also acquire a brief experience of the properties of the objects and how to manipulate the object through its properties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, an experiment requiring a lemur to manipulate an object without prior training would favor simians over strepsirrhines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If these two senses were not combined within the brain, then one would have less ability to manipulate an object. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It uses the front pair of legs to manipulate the objects it catches and move them into its mouth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite quantum leaps in the ability to collect and manipulate data, analysis remains subjective. Globe and Mail An independent inquiry dismissed claims that this was evidence of an attempt to manipulate data. Times, Sunday Times They contain members that store and manipulate data. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These programs allow users to manipulate data by providing them access to increased computing power, rather than by truncating data. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A low-profile typewriter keyboard permits the operator to enter, display, and manipulate data on a 12-inch monochrome screen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its ability to manipulate materials has implications for numerous products including body armour. Times, Sunday Times Most chemical processes can be studied directly in a laboratory, using a series of (often well-tested) techniques for manipulating materials, as well as an understanding of the underlying processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His work has led to new techniques for fabricating and manipulating materials at the nano scale level, including functional device structures for microelectronics, optics and chemical sensing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a field of study, it covers the human ability to shape and change the physical world to meet needs, by manipulating materials and tools with techniques. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The more 'potential' the threat, the less transparent it will be, the more flawed one's intelligence, and the more scope leaders will have to manipulate public opinion. Times, Sunday Times His survival so far has depended in part on his ability to manipulate public opinion and in part on the failure of opponents to offer any coherent or attractive alternative. Times, Sunday Times Experts believe the software could be used to create fake-news footage to manipulate public opinion. Times, Sunday Times Last week she also warned that bots - software programmes that bombard media websites - might try to manipulate public opinion by spreading fake news. Times, Sunday Times And furthermore that they selected and exaggerated intelligence so as to confirm their policy and developed a plan to manipulate public opinion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 操纵 Japanese: 巧みに扱う |
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