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词汇 wheel-and-deal
释义 wheel and deal
verb[ I ]
 informaluk /ˌwiːl ən ˈdiːl/ us /ˌwiːl ən ˈdiːl/
to try to make a profit or get an advantage using clever or complicated methods and often deceiving people or breaking the usual rules: (为获利而)投机取巧,耍弄手腕
He spends his time wheeling and dealing on the stock exchange.他把时间都花在股票交易的投机取巧上。
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wheeling and dealing

wheel and deal | Business English


wheel and deal
verb[ I ]
 COMMERCE, POLITICS informalukus
to try to make a profit or get an advantage using clever, complicated, and sometimes dishonest methods:
He made a cool $500,000 before lunch wheeling and dealing in shares.
He continued to wheel and deal with an almost singular focus on holding power.

Examples of wheel and deal


wheel and deal
It is confusing for all in the trade, except for some specialists who wheelanddeal in various food commodity markets.
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I know that they will not like that, because they will not be able to wheelanddeal.
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This makes it possible for people like myself to wheelanddeal provided that conditions do not deteriorate too far.
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He would be above the party fray, able to wheelanddeal.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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