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a movement performed with care and skill 细致巧妙的移动；机动动作 a complicated/skillful maneuver 复杂/熟练的动作 You will be asked to perforn some standard maneuvers during your driving test. 在您的驾驶考试中，系统会要求您进行一些标准的操作。
Extra ExamplesThe pilot has to carry out a series of complex maneuvers. 飞行员必须执行一系列复杂的操作。 Careful, this is a tricky maneuver. 小心，这是一个棘手的动作。 They attempted the maneuver five or six times. 他们尝试了五到六次。
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a clever plan, action or movement that is used to give somebody an advantage 策略；手段；花招；伎俩 diplomatic maneuvers 外交演习 a complex maneuver in a game of chess 下棋的复杂动作 The amendment was somehow introduced by political maneuver. 该修正案是通过政治手段引入的。
Extra ExamplesHer withdrawal from the contest was a tactical maneuver. 她退出比赛是一种战术手段。 It was difficult to keep track of her political maneuvers. 很难跟踪她的政治动向。 She defended her latest maneuver in a letter to the press. 她在给新闻界的一封信中为自己的最新作法辩护。 This could be a clever pre-election maneuver. 这可能是一个明智的选举前动作。
- maneuvers[plural]
military exercises involving a large number of soldiers, ships, etc. 军事演习；作战演习 - on maneuvers
The army is on maneuvers in the desert. 军队正在沙漠中行动。
- on maneuvers
Idioms
freedom of/room for maneuver
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 maneuver. 小农的回旋余地有限。
Extra ExamplesThe economic conditions are restricting the bank's freedom of maneuver. 经济条件限制了银行的操纵自由。 The government has very little room for maneuver on this issue. 政府在这个问题上几乎没有回旋余地。