pull strings
英 [pʊl strɪŋz]
美 [pʊl strɪŋz]
拉关系;走后门
英英释义
verb
- influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- He manipulated public opinion in his favor
双语例句
- Mom, Can You Pull Some Strings?
妈妈,是你牵的红线吗? - In a short while I broke the cords that bound my left arm, and, by a strong pull, made loose some of the strings by which my hair was held fast.
一会儿,我挣断了捆绑我左臂的绳子,然后用力一拉,把捆着我头发的一些绳子弄松。 - Kate is sure she can pull a few strings and get you in.
凯特肯定她能通过关系,让你进去的。 - Tony is sure he can pull a few strings and get you in.
托尼有把握可以托关系让你进去。 - I just wasn't going to pull strings for him anymore.
我已经不打算再为他收拾残局了。 - Governments have intervened heavily in the industry in the past year and will continue to pull strings through regulations and taxes.
过去一年,各国政府对汽车行业大加干涉,而且还将继续通过监管与税收措施在幕后操控。 - You have to pull a few strings to get this done.
你想办成这件事,就得托(人)情。 - If you want to pull your own strings, you need to stop giving away your power – you need to genuinely stop caring what other people think about you.
如果你想按自己的想法行事,那你就必须停止显示你的实力,你必须做到不在意别人对你的看法。 - For while a commendably large chunk of students at Ivy League schools study on scholarships, there are relatively few children from middle families-those too wealthy to qualify for aid but not wealthy and elite enough to pull strings.
因为虽然很大一部分常青藤学校的学生拥有奖学金,来自中产家庭的孩子仍然相对较少&他们的家庭过于富有以至于不满足申请助学补助的条件,但又没富贵到可以调动人脉走后门的地步。 - He might not succeed the Fuehrer but he wanted to continue to pull the strings behind the scenes for whoever did.
他也许不能继承元首,但是不管谁继承,他都希望继续在幕后拉线操纵。