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finagle

/fi-ney-guhl/US // fɪˈneɪ gəl //UK // (fɪˈneɪɡəl) //

飞鹰,飞鹰行动,飞鹰计划,飞鹰队

Related Words

plot情节,计划,阴谋,剧情cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的contrive谋划,创制,拟制,谋求trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关scheme计划,方案,计谋,计策manipulate操纵,操控,操作,玩弄swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人wheel and deal打交道,兜圈子,兜兜转转,兜售

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.

    • : to trick, swindle, or cheat: He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
    • : to get or achieve by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.

    • : to practice deception or fraud; scheme.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmaneuver
Forms: finagling
Synonyms
cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的contrive谋划,创制,拟制,谋求deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关manipulate操纵,操控,操作,玩弄plot情节,计划,阴谋,剧情scheme计划,方案,计谋,计策swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计wheel and deal打交道,兜圈子,兜兜转转,兜售

Examples

  • Former Senator Bill Nelson, who was sworn in as administrator of NASA in May, finagled a junket for himself aboard a space shuttle flight in 1986, as did former Senator Jake Garn the year before.

  • Sanders has indicated he might get creative on finagling an indirect way to raise the minimum wage through the tax code.

  • And many would-be conquerors have managed to finagle bits and pieces.

  • Maybe he can finagle a vote before the rage caucus gets fully into gear.

  • And above all, don't let anybody finagle you into making any claims about knowing the future.

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