| 单词 | manipulate |
| 释义 | manipulate (once / 799 pages) v To manipulate something means to handle it skillfully, like the way a sculptor manipulates clay or a really good politician works a crowd. The verb manipulate evolved from manipulation, which back in the 1700s referred to a method of digging ore. So manipulating something originally only meant moving or arranging it by hand or mechanically. It wasn't until 1864 that people started using the word manipulate to describe someone exerting mental or emotional influence on others. WORD FAMILYmanipulate: manipulable, manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulation, manipulative, manipulator+/manipulable: manipulability/manipulation: manipulations/manipulative: manipulatively/manipulator: manipulators USAGE EXAMPLESAnd some people are tech geeks, absorbed in new ways to record or quantify or manipulate data. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “And if we understand things in enough details, we might be able to manipulate it.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “They wanted a pro-American government, and Chiang Kai-shek was easier to manipulate than the Communists.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v influence or control shrewdly or deviously He manipulated public opinion in his favor Syn|Hyper pull strings, pull wires act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect 2v control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage She manipulates her boss Syn|Hypo|Hyper control, keep in line tease to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them handleshow and train ingratiategain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts cotton up, cozy up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck upingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior interact act together or towards others or with others 3v hold something in one's hands and move it Hypo|Hyper lay hands on manage with the hands mousemanipulate the mouse of a computer fiddle with, twiddlemanipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner handle, manage, wieldhandle effectively control, operatehandle and cause to function knead, massage, rub downmanually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes knead, workmake uniform mix, ruffle, shufflemix so as to make a random order or arrangement fiddle, monkey, tamperplay around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly diddle, fiddle, play, toymanipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination synchronise, synchronizeoperate simultaneously dialoperate a dial to select a telephone number plywield vigorously turnalter the functioning or setting of submarinecontrol a submarine treadleoperate (machinery) by a treadle relaycontrol or operate by relay pumpoperate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal proofknead to reach proper lightness masticategrind and knead reshuffleshuffle again riffleshuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix cutdivide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult sweep, swing, swing outmake a big sweeping gesture or movement gatecontrol with a valve or other device that functions like a gate put out, retirecause to be out on a fielding play pedaloperate the pedals on a keyboard instrument driveoperate or control a vehicle aviate, fly, pilotoperate an airplane handle, palm touch, lift, or hold with the hands 4v treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposes Hyper care for, treat provide treatment for 5v tamper, with the purpose of deception Syn|Hypo|Hyper cook, fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, wangle juggle manipulate by or as if by moving around components cheat, chisel engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud 6v manipulate in a fraudulent manner Syn|Hyper rig price determine the price of |
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