lever
['lev]
n.杠杆, 控制杆, 手段
v.撬开, 使用杠杆
例句与用法:
This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。
Push hard and the lever will go down.
用力推就能把控制杆按下去。
He employed his knife as a lever.
他把刀子当杠杆用。
This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.
最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。
Move this lever to change gear.
换档时扳动这根操纵杆。
词形变化:
动词过去式: levered | 动词过去分词: levered | 动词现在分词: levering | 动词第三人称单数: levers |
详细释义:
n.[C]
1. 杠杆; 控制杆
2. 手段
They used the threat of strike action as a lever to get the employers to agree to their demands.
他们威胁要罢工, 试图以此迫使雇主答应他们的要求。
vt.
1. (用杠杆)撬起, 移动[O]
They levered it into position.
他们用杠杆把它推至定位。
2. 用控制杆操纵