manipulate

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ma·nip·u·late /məˈnɪpjəleɪt/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 USE A PERSONto make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving or influencing them 操縱，控制〔某人的思想和行爲〕

He was one of those men who manipulated people.

他是那種要擺布别人的人。

You have the constant feeling you are being manipulated.

你總感覺自己是被人控制着的。

manipulate somebody into (doing) something

The thought that any parent would manipulate their child into seeking fame just appalled me.

想到竟然有做父母的會驅使自己的孩子去追求名望，我真是吃驚。

2 USE somethingto work skilfully with information, systems etc to achieve the result that you want 〔熟練地〕操作，使用〔信息、系統等〕

software designed to store and manipulate data

用於存儲和處理數據的軟件

You can integrate text with graphics and manipulate graphic images.

你可以把文本和圖形拼接起來進行圖像處理。

3. medicalMH to move and press bones or muscles to remove pain in them 推拿〔正骨〕，推拿治療

4 MOVE something OR somebodyto use skill in moving or handling something 巧妙地移動〔某物〕；巧妙地處理〔某事〕

The workmen manipulated some knobs and levers.

工人們靈巧地操縱一些旋鈕和控制杆。

—manipulation /məˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

allegations of political manipulation

操縱政治的指控

manipulation of photographic images

編輯攝影圖像

Examples from the Corpus

manipulate• Sir C: I believe you speak of the practice whereby the political inclination of a parish is physically manipulated.• He's so crazy about her he doesn't realize he's being manipulated.• How this rock widow and ageing wild child cons, manipulates and exploits the sharks makes for a delightful tale of revenge.• The images can be manipulated and stored on disk.• Players manipulate characters on the screen using a joystick.• Local people were unwilling to believe that police had manipulated evidence.• He managed to manipulate her into lending his company £500,000.• He's such a nice man, I could imagine him getting manipulated into a situation like that.• Developing a budget involves manipulating numbers and requires strong analytical skills.• Babies investigate their world by manipulating objects.• The association defines a robot as a programmable device used either to manipulate or transport objects in a manufacturing process.• Millions of years of evolution have equipped us to delicately manipulate our environment through our sense of touch.• Printed exhortations can convey the same dehumanizing views; but print is limited in its manipulating power by the factor of delay.• He accused the environmentalists of trying to manipulate public opinion in their favour.• This we might call the experimental activity, with the teacher acting as observer manipulating the techniques concerned.• Students were outraged that someone could use their newspaper to manipulate them.• The report does not allege that evidence had been manipulated to benefit prosecutors, the official said.

manipulate somebody into (doing) something• Speak to you vet who may be able to manipulate it back into place.• He begins by flattering Brutus, in efforts to manipulate him into seeing his point of view.• Or has Lester manipulated me into this recklessness, like a schoolboy dare?

From Longman Business Dictionary

manipulatema·nip·u·late /məˈnɪpjəleɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1to make someone or something behave in the way you want, using skilful and often dishonest methods

manipulate somebody to do something

Companies manipulate consumers to buy their products through advertising.

This was a deliberate attempt to manipulate the market (=buy and sell shares to make the market seem active when it is not).

activities designed to manipulate (=change the price of) soybean contracts

2to process or operate something that needs a lot of skill, for example technical information or a complicated piece of equipment

Computer analysis allows researchers to manipulate data in many different ways.

software for storing and manipulating images

Origin manipulate

(1800-1900) manipulation ((18-21 centuries)), from French, from manipule “handful”, from Latin manipulus

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