• n. 欺詐行為；哄騙；偽造
• vt. 扭身擠出；使用詭計(jì)；騙取
• vi. 設(shè)法脫身；用詭計(jì)獲得

可能來(lái)自waggle拼寫(xiě)變體，搖擺。引申詞義搖尾乞憐或欺騙，設(shè)法搞到。

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.

1. I asked the Captain to wangle us three tickets to Athens.

我讓機(jī)長(zhǎng)設(shè)法給我們弄3張去雅典的票。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. We managed to wangle a few days' leave.

我們?cè)O(shè)法騙到了幾天的假。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally . With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while , making a pretence of affluence.

一家人全靠他在外面訛個(gè)錢(qián),詐個(gè)財(cái), 吃點(diǎn)好的,穿點(diǎn)好的, 裝門(mén)面.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. He is trying to wangle his way onto the committee.

他千方百計(jì)想鉆入委員會(huì)中.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. She managed to wangle an invitation to the reception.

她設(shè)法弄到了招待會(huì)的請(qǐng)?zhí)?

來(lái)自辭典例句