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Wangle V Wæ6gl 用巧计或花言巧语获得某事物 英 V.用巧计或花言巧语 获得某事物(Achieve Cleverness

单词 wangle
音标 ['wæ6gl]
解释 v. 用巧计或花言巧语获得某事物
红宝书 【英】 v.用巧计或花言巧语 获得某事物(achieve by cleverness or trick)
【例】 He always managed to wangle the easy jobs.(他总是设法谋 到不费力的活儿)
字源 wangle (v.)
"obtain something by trickery," 1888, originally British printer's slang for "fake by manipulation;" perhaps an alteration of waggle, or of wankle (now dialectal) "unsteady, fickle," from Old English wancol (see wench (n.)). Brought into wider use by World War I soldiers.
不择手段背单词 v. (运用间接、狡猾或欺骗的方法)获得, 脱离困境
【记】读: 玩狗, 玩狗的人可以轻松的依靠狗的嗅觉脱离困境.
趣味全助记 【记】音:弯钩,用弯钩钓上来,这是计谋,不是来硬的

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