manoeuvre

noun

/məˈnuːvə(r)/

/məˈnuːvər/

(US English maneuver)

Idioms

[countable] a movement performed with care and skill细致巧妙的移动；机动动作
- a complicated/skilful manoeuvre复杂的／熟练的移动
- You will be asked to perform some standard manoeuvres during your driving test.驾驶考试中会要求你做几个标准的机动动作。
- The pilot has to carry out a series of complex manoeuvres.飞行员必须完成一系列复杂的机动动作。
- Careful, this is a tricky manoeuvre.小心，这是一个棘手的策略。
- They attempted the manoeuvre five or six times.他们尝试了五六次。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complex
- complicated
- difficult
- …
… of manoeuvres/maneuvers
- series
verb + manoeuvre/maneuver
- carry out
- do
- execute
- …
[countable, uncountable] a clever plan, action or movement that is used to give somebody an advantage策略；手段；花招；伎俩 synonym move
- diplomatic manoeuvres外交策略
- a complex manoeuvre in a game of chess国际象棋中复杂的应对套路
- The amendment was somehow introduced by political manoeuvre.该修正案是通过某种政治手段提出的。
- Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.她退出比赛是一个战术策略。
- It was difficult to keep track of her political manoeuvres.很难跟踪她的政治策略。
- She defended her latest manoeuvre in a letter to the press.她在给新闻界的一封信中为自己最近的策略进行了辩护。
- This could be a clever pre-election manoeuvre.这可能是一个聪明的选举前策略。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- brilliant
- strategic
- tactical
- …
verb + manoeuvre/maneuver
- use
- carry out
- execute
- …
manoeuvre/maneuver + verb
- fail
preposition
- by a/the manoeuvre
phrases
- freedom of manoeuvre
- room for manoeuvre
manoeuvres
[plural] military exercises involving a large number of soldiers, ships, etc.军事演习；作战演习
- on manoeuvres The army is on manoeuvres in the desert.军队在沙漠中进行军事演习。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- military
- strategic
- tactical
- …
verb + manoeuvre/maneuver
- carry out
- conduct
- execute
- …
manoeuvre/maneuver + noun
- battalion
- brigade
- force
- …
phrases
- be on manoeuvres
- go on manoeuvres

词源mid 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘tactical movement’): from French manœuvre (noun), manœuvrer (verb), from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari ‘to work’.

Idioms

freedom of/room for manoeuvre

the chance to change the way that something happens and influence decisions that are made改变事态的机会；回旋余地
- Small farmers have limited room for manoeuvre.小农的回旋余地有限。
- The economic conditions are restricting the bank's freedom of manoeuvre.经济状况限制了银行调整策略的自由度。
- The government has very little room for manoeuvre on this issue.在这个问题上政府没有多少回旋的余地。

manoeuvre

verb

/məˈnuːvə(r)/

/məˈnuːvər/

(US English maneuver)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they manoeuvre	/məˈnuːvə(r)/ /məˈnuːvər/
he / she / it manoeuvres	/məˈnuːvəz/ /məˈnuːvərz/
past simple manoeuvred	/məˈnuːvəd/ /məˈnuːvərd/
past participle manoeuvred	/məˈnuːvəd/ /məˈnuːvərd/
-ing form manoeuvring	/məˈnuːvərɪŋ/ /məˈnuːvərɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to move or turn with skill or care; to move or turn something with skill or care（使谨慎或熟练地）移动，运动；转动
- manoeuvre (for something) The yachts manoeuvred for position.那些游艇灵活地寻找位置。
- There was very little room to manoeuvre.几乎没有什么活动空间。
- manoeuvre something (+ adv./prep.) She manoeuvred the car carefully into the garage.她小心翼翼地将车开进了车库。
- He carefully manoeuvred the boat past the rocks.他小心翼翼地操控着小船绕过礁石。
- You will need to learn how to manoeuvre in a confined space.你将需要学习如何在有限的空间里操纵。
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[intransitive, transitive] to control or influence a situation in a way that shows skill but is sometimes dishonest操纵；控制；使花招
- The new laws have left us little room to manoeuvre (= not much opportunity to change or influence a situation).新法律没给我们留下多少回旋的余地。
- manoeuvre something + adv./prep. She manoeuvred her way to the top of the company.她施展手腕使自己进入了公司最高领导层。
- Both leaders are manoeuvring for position.两位领导人都在为自己的位置而努力。
- She was determined not to be manoeuvred into things she didn't want to do.她决心不被操纵去做她不想做的事情。
- There have been months of political manoeuvring.已经有几个月的政治策略了。