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manoeuvre

noun
🔊/məˈnuːvə(r)/
🔊/məˈnuːvər/
(US English maneuver)
Idioms
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  1. [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。🔊🔊
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    • 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，这是一个棘手的动作。
    • They attempted the manoeuvre five or six times.他们尝试了五到六次。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complex
    • complicated
    • difficult
    • …
    … of manoeuvres/​maneuvers
    • series
    verb + manoeuvre/​maneuver
    • carry out
    • do
    • execute
    • …
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  2. [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.该修正案是通过政治手段引入的。
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    • 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.很难跟踪她的政治动向。
    • 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的最新作法辩护。
    • This could be a clever pre-election manoeuvre.这可能是一个明智的大选前举动。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • 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
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  3. 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。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • military
    • strategic
    • tactical
    • …
    verb + manoeuvre/​maneuver
    • carry out
    • conduct
    • execute
    • …
    manoeuvre/​maneuver + noun
    • battalion
    • brigade
    • force
    • …
    phrases
    • be on manoeuvres
    • go on manoeuvres
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    4. Word Originmid 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
  1. 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.小农的经营空间有限。
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    • 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)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they manoeuvre
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🔊/məˈnuːvər/
he / she / it manoeuvres
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🔊/məˈnuːvərz/
past simple manoeuvred
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past participle manoeuvred
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-ing form manoeuvring
🔊/məˈnuːvərɪŋ/
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  1. [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。🔊🔊
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    • 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.您将需要学习如何在狭窄的空间内机动。
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  2. [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。🔊🔊
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    • Both leaders are manoeuvring for position.两位领导人都在争取职位。
    • She was determined not to be manoeuvred into things she didn't want to do.她下定决心不要被不想做的事情所困扰。
    • There have been months of political manoeuvring.已经进行了数月的政治动荡。
    3. Word Originmid 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’.