manipulate
v[Tn]
1 control or handle (sth) with skill 熟练控制或操纵(某事物)
manipulate the gears and levers of a machine 熟练操纵机器的排挡和变速杆
Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools. 原始人很快学会了使用工具.
2 control or influence (sb) cleverly or by unfair means (巧妙地或不正当地)控制, 操纵, 影响(某人)
a clever politician who knows how to manipulate public opinion 善於操纵舆论的聪明的政治家
She uses her charm to manipulate people. 她利用其魅力左右他人.
If we buy the smaller one, the IBM PC386, we might have to change it in a few years' time for a bigger one.
如果我们买一台较小的IBM386的话,过几年可能就得换一台较大的机子。
Both of them are exciting. I like watching them. Are you good at sailing?
这两种运动都令人兴奋。我喜欢看。你擅长帆船吗?
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.