1MOVE something OR somebodyto move something with a lever 〔用杠杆〕撬动
lever something off/up/out etc
He levered the stone into place.
他把石头撬到位。
2lever yourself up (also lever yourself onto/out of etc something) to move your body by pushing on something with your arms to help you 撑着某物使自己起来
He slowly levered himself up.
他慢慢地撑起身。
3LEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto make someone leave a particular job, situation etc 挤走〔某人〕
lever somebody out
They’re trying to lever him out of his job.
他们正设法排挤他离职。
Examples from the Corpus
lever• Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up.• Gingerly he reached forward, found a wall and levered himself up against it.• Ross levered himself up, going against the pain, going fast, making his hand stiff from wrist to fingertip.• I would take a Bourbon in one hand and lever off the lid with my two front teeth.• A centralangled cut will make levering out easier 7 Use the crowbar to prise the frame from the wall.• The government, for example, emphasises physicalrenewal and the extent to which public expenditure has leveredprivatesectorinvestment.• He was using Kring to lever the top off the altar.• Dougal levered up the rectangle of hardwood.