room for manoeuvre
manoeuvre
verb
UK(USmaneuver)uk /məˈnuː.vər/ us /məˈnuː.vɚ/

manoeuvreverb (MOVE)

[ I or T ]
to turn and direct an object: 操纵，控制
Loaded supermarket trolleys are often difficult to manoeuvre.满载的超市购物车常常很难控制方向。
This car manoeuvres well at high speed.这辆汽车高速行驶时操作性能很好。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Placing and positioning an object
-based
appose
around
change something around
circle
consign
fit
gone
install
lie
pile (something) up
plant
redeposit
reinstall
reinstallation
relocate
reorientate
superimpose
transpose
transposition

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manoeuvreverb (MAKE SB DO STH)

[ T ]
to try to make someone act in a particular way: 努力使（某人）以特定方式行事
The other directors are trying to manoeuvre her into resigning.其他董事在设法逼她辞职。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Affecting and influencing
across-the-board
affect
applicability
be/fall under someone's influence/spellidiom
bear on something
carry
colour
ear
inroad
inspiration
instrumental
instrumentality
instrumentally
pen
rail
sphere of influence
spill
spill over
sportswashing
start (something) off

manoeuvre | Business English

manoeuvre
noun[ C ]
uk /məˈnuːvər/us(USmaneuver)
a planned action that is intended to get an advantage:
This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who remain.
 room for/to manoeuvre(alsofreedom of manoeuvre)
the opportunity to change your plans or choose between different ways of doing something:
The law in this area is very strict and doesn't allow us much room for manoeuvre.
manoeuvre
verb[ I or T ]
uk /məˈnuːvər/us(USmaneuver)
to try to control or influence a person or situation in a particular way:
He has manoeuvred astutely to avoid industrial action among staff.
to turn an object and make it go where you want:
easy/difficult to manoeuvreThe machine is compact and easy to manoeuvre and store.

Examples of manoeuvre

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This is not a straightforward task, since ethical considerations and infrequency of actual shoulder dystocia deliveries limit prospective, comparative study of various manoeuvres.
Using opto-encoders it is possible to manoeuvre the tip within a few millimetres of the desired location.
This manoeuvre would just generate a new question that cannot have a definite answer in cases like these.
Early feedback indicated enhanced control and increased comfort and safety during ambulation and manoeuvring various terrains.
There is some, if not a great deal, of room for the courts to manoeuvre in the dominance of the party and administrative power.
Since the institutional variables remain virtually constant, focus can be put on variation in economic factors and policy manoeuvres alone.
This room to manoeuvre was duly exploited by the chancellor.
Lyrics trace the contours of political manoeuvres, social conditions, and popular reactions of a particular people, place and time.
By supplying a winding action - rather than direct axial traction - rotational manoeuvres will achieve forward motion even without traction on the fetal head.
For example, a classical car-like structure is not able to move sideways, with the consequence that a parking operation requires several complex manoeuvres.
Vesting a decision regarding the boundaries and content of ethnicity in the hands of ordinary citizens is a somewhat unusual political manoeuvre.
Indeed, as has been argued elsewhere,96 a carefully designed credibilityenhancing rules-based regime can, under certain circumstances, expand room to manoeuvre.
Any short-term advantage resulting from such manoeuvres soon faded, however.
We must follow how actors define the situation, chose their goals and find room for manoeuvre to realise projects.
Is there any room for social democratic governments to manoeuvre?
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