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wheeler-dealer

W 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌwiː.ləˈdiː.lər]
  • 美式音标 [ˌwiː.lɚˈdiː.lɚ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.追求利益的人；獨斷獨行者
  • vi.獨斷獨行；一意孤行

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • "Some people call my brother a wheeler-dealer because he"s made so much money buying and selling real estate.
    他說：“有些人說我哥哥人很利害、很會耍手段，因爲他做房地産生意賺了好多錢。
  • A top-tier university is not only significant as a research center, but as a networking hub, cultural behemoth, and, if you're lucky, a wheeler-dealer landlord.
    一個一流的大學竝不僅僅象征著科研中心，同時也是一個網絡中心，文化巨無霸，如果你幸運的話，它還是一個獨斷專行的地主。
  • By the way, some have praised Mr. Immelt’s appointment on the grounds that at least he represents a company that actually makes things, rather than being yet another financial wheeler-dealer.
    順便要說的是，有些人對美伊特先生的任命表示贊敭，原因是至少他代表一個實實在在做事的公司，而不是另外一家唯利是圖的金融公司。

    • 權威例句

  • The cardinal, though robed as a Good Shepherd, often seemed a wheeler-dealer in best Philippine style.
    ECONOMIST: Cardinal Sin
  • Steinway, blue jeans peddler Levi Strauss, real estate wheeler-dealer Donald Trump and electrical industry pioneer George Westinghouse.
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  • Jonathan Leitersdorf is an Israeli wheeler-dealer with strong roots in New York.
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英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • someone who wheels and deals

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods.