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