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lever n.杠杆；控制杆；手段v.撬开；使用杠杆 (1) 他把刀子当杠杆用。(2) 这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。(3) 用力推就能把控制杆按下去。(4) 换档时扳动这根操纵杆。(5) 最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。(6) 我们试图撬掉这些树根,但没有成功。(7) 工人用杠杆移动岩石。 All kinds of things — particularly machines — have levers. The word is also used to describe anything that you are able to use to move or influence someone else: think leverage. A headline in the New York Times said the government would use its contracts with private companies as a "wage lever," meaning the government would try to improve wages by giving work and money to companies that paid well and provided generous benefits. Levers get things done.

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英 ['liːvə(r)] 美 ['levər] (1) He employed his knife as a lever.(2) This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.(3) Push hard and the lever will go down.(4) Move this lever to change gear.(5) This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.(6) We are trying to lever the roots out, but in vain.(7) The worker is levering at the rock. A lever is a handle, sticking out at an angle, that allows you to operate a machine or close a door . When you pull the lever of a voting booth, you both cast your ballot and open the curtain. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:gear lever；（操作机械的）杆，柄，把手 A lever is a handle or bar that is attached to a piece of machinery and which you push or pull in order to operate the machinery. Push the tiny lever on the lock...按一下锁上的小柄。The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water.水阀上有一个手柄控制冷热水。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]杠杆；撬棒 A lever is a long bar, one end of which is placed under a heavy object so that when you press down on the other end you can move the object. 3[VERB 动词]撬动；撬起；用力移动 If you lever something in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort.   [V n with adj]  [V n adv/prep]  [V pron-refl adv/prep]  [Also V]Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar...邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards...将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。Alex levered himself up from the sofa.亚历克斯从沙发上撑扶着站了起来。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（用作施加压力等的）手段，方法 A lever is an idea or action that you can use to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do. Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west.激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。

英语单词	lever
英美音标	英 ['liːvə(r)] 美 ['levər]
中文释义	n.杠杆；控制杆；手段 v.撬开；使用杠杆
英语例句	(1) He employed his knife as a lever. (2) This lever must serve some ulterior purpose. (3) Push hard and the lever will go down. (4) Move this lever to change gear. (5) This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy. (6) We are trying to lever the roots out, but in vain. (7) The worker is levering at the rock.
中文例句	(1) 他把刀子当杠杆用。 (2) 这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。 (3) 用力推就能把控制杆按下去。 (4) 换档时扳动这根操纵杆。 (5) 最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。 (6) 我们试图撬掉这些树根,但没有成功。 (7) 工人用杠杆移动岩石。
vocabulary简明	A lever is a handle, sticking out at an angle, that allows you to operate a machine or close a door . When you pull the lever of a voting booth, you both cast your ballot and open the curtain.
vocabulary扩展	All kinds of things — particularly machines — have levers. The word is also used to describe anything that you are able to use to move or influence someone else: think leverage. A headline in the New York Times said the government would use its contracts with private companies as a "wage lever," meaning the government would try to improve wages by giving work and money to companies that paid well and provided generous benefits. Levers get things done.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:gear lever ；（操作机械的）杆，柄，把手 A lever is a handle or bar that is attached to a piece of machinery and which you push or pull in order to operate the machinery. Push the tiny lever on the lock... 按一下锁上的小柄。 The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water. 水阀上有一个手柄控制冷热水。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]杠杆；撬棒 A lever is a long bar, one end of which is placed under a heavy object so that when you press down on the other end you can move the object. 3 [VERB 动词]撬动；撬起；用力移动 If you lever something in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort. [V n with adj] [V n adv/prep] [V pron-refl adv/prep] [Also V] Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar... 邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。 Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards... 将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。 Alex levered himself up from the sofa. 亚历克斯从沙发上撑扶着站了起来。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（用作施加压力等的）手段，方法 A lever is an idea or action that you can use to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do. Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west. 激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。

Lever Move Push Government N Count 可数名词 [V Change