| 词汇 | wangling |
| 释义 | wangling present participle ofwangle wangle verb[ T ] informaluk /ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/ us /ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/ to succeed in getting or doing something by persuading someone or by being clever in some way: 用计获得;哄骗 I'll be so jealous if you manage to wangle an invitation to his house.假如你能设法弄到一张去他家的请柬，我会非常嫉妒的。 He's only been here two months and already he's managed to wangle his way into the biggest property company in the capital.他到这儿才两个月就已混进首都最大的地产公司了。 If I can think of some excuse to wangle my way out of going tonight I will do!如果我能找个借口今晚不去的话，那我一定不会去！ Synonym finagleUS Getting, receiving and accepting acceptance acquirable acquire acquisition awardee carve draw earn get back get out of something get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom glom onto something/someone go to someone score screw screw something out of someone seize seize on/upon something snap something up Examples of wanglingwangling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Is not there a bit of wangling now? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have paid two visits there, and it is impossible to speak too harshly about the lobbying and "wangling" that goes on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are informed by our experts that if we back dated the increase to a certain time there would be a great deal of wangling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone knows that they contribute to overtime wangling, to absenteeism, and to other disruptions of industrial efficiency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question of leaving it to people's conscience was not suggested in regard to wangling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sentence merely suggests that wangling will go on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The coalowners have been deliberately wangling their accounts in order to hide their real financial state. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it by public examination or by wangling; which of the recognised methods is it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is high time this nonsense about wangling, or the suggestion that prices have not been properly assessed by qualified accountants, ceased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe for a moment that there is any wangling at all, but a doctor has to know how to deal with cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This "wangling" is largely a slogan and a fiction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, he has succeeded in "wangling" the law, as regards a year's continuance of this legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they can wangle that, what can stop them wangling under "working conditions" virtually anything that they want to bring in? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see that there would be more wangling under the one system than there is under the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the second place, there will be wangling between myself and the members of some other party. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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