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arm-twisting

/ahrm-twis-ting/US // ˈɑrmˌtwɪs tɪŋ //

掰手腕,掰掰手腕,掰掰手,掰掰手指头

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the use of threat, coercion, or other forms of pressure and persuasion to achieve one's purpose: It took a lot of arm-twisting but he finally agreed to work this weekend.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insweet-talk
Forms: arm-twistings
as incoax
Forms: arm-twistings
as inelicit
Forms: arm-twistings

Examples

  • At St. Barnabas Hospital, Pellerano was listed in stable condition with wounds to his chest and arm.

  • The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

  • Dossi initially was listed in critical condition with wounds to his arm and lower back.

  • She is wearing a crop top, and Andrew has his arm wrapped around her waist.

  • Women want a hot, young thing to parade around on their arm, too.

  • She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.

  • In Spain he was regarded as the right arm of the ultra-clericals and a possible supporter of Carlism.

  • Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!

  • She looked up in his face, leaning on his arm beneath the encircling shadow of the umbrella which he had lifted.

  • Ripperda's equipage wound down a long and twisting defile between two precipitous rocks.