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单词 massage
释义
massage
verb[T]
uk
/ˈmæs.ɑːʒ/us
/məˈsɑːʒ/

massageverb[T](BODY)

torubandpresssomeone'sbodywithregularrepeatedmovements, inordertorelaxthem or toreducestiffnessorpainin thejoints(=placeswhere twobonesareconnected)ormuscles:
按摩，推拿
Would you massage myshoulders?你能给我按摩一下肩膀吗？
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Physiotherapy, massage & osteopathy
  • chiropractic
  • chiropractor
  • craniosacral
  • ECT
  • effleurage
  • essential oil
  • manipulation
  • massage parlour
  • masseur
  • masseuse
  • occupational therapy
  • osteopath
  • osteopathy
  • physical therapy
  • physiotherapy
  • prone
  • prone positioning
  • proning
  • set
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Scratching and rubbing

massageverb[T](FACTS/NUMBERS)

totryto makefactsornumbersappearbetterthan they really are inordertodeceivesomeone:
虚报；窜改；美化
Televisioncompanieshave been massagingtheirviewingfiguresinordertoattractmoreadvertisingrevenue.一些电视台虚报收视率以获得更多的广告收益。
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  • air guitar
  • assume
  • believe
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • cry
  • false
  • false modesty
  • falsifiable
  • falsify
  • feign
  • mountebank
  • out-bluff
  • passsomethingoff assomething
  • phoney
  • play-act
  • professed
  • purport
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Idiom

massagesomeone'sego
massage
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈmæs.ɑːʒ/us
/məˈsɑːʒ/
theactivityofrubbingorpressingpartsof someone'sbodyinorderto make themrelaxor tostoptheirmuscleshurting:
按摩；推拿
a back/foot/headmassage背部／足底／头部按摩
aqualifiedmassagetherapist一名合格的推拿治疗师
Shegaveme a massage.她为我做了按摩。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physiotherapy, massage & osteopathy
  • chiropractic
  • chiropractor
  • craniosacral
  • ECT
  • effleurage
  • essential oil
  • manipulation
  • massage parlour
  • masseur
  • masseuse
  • occupational therapy
  • osteopath
  • osteopathy
  • physical therapy
  • physiotherapy
  • prone
  • prone positioning
  • proning
  • set
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Scratching and rubbing
(Definition ofmassagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

massage| American Dictionary

massage
verb[T]
us
/məˈsɑʒ,-ˈsɑdʒ/
toruborpresssomeone’sbody, usually withrepeatedhandmovements, inordertoreducestiffnessorpainin that person'sjointsormuscles:
She massaged hisachingneck.

massage

noun[C/U]us
/məˈsɑʒ,-ˈsɑdʒ/
[C]A massage would dowondersfor my back.
(Definition ofmassagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is not the wide talk of profits for companies now largely fiction and a matter of opinion, with figures being massaged by standard accountancy techniques?
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They wanted unemployment figures to fall, so they changed the system and massaged the figures.
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They must be not merely a means of creatively massaging unemployment figures.
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The massaged figure of ·5 million people unemployed is being increased at the rate of about 20,000 a month.
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They may use that terminology but there cannot be massaging of notified vacancies.
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The accusation is that, to get the count down, the rough sleepers unit has been deliberately massaging those people who are sleeping rough.
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Of course, if enough changes are made in the unemployment calculations the figures can be massaged downwards.
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There are also concerns that the strict financial criteria for membership will be massaged for political reasons, to the disadvantage of the deutschmark.
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Every baby is massaged with oil before being bathed.
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However, those sums are available for massaging the accounts of proposed privatised industries in advance of flotation.
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They tend to be highly massaged, selective figures, always played down.
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We do not want the figures to be massaged for propaganda purposes.
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He said that he would reduce hospital waiting lists, but already the words are being massaged.
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The figures are then massaged and sent down like darts to the county councils.
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They have also done so by massaging the trade figures, culling the hospital waiting lists and, most recently, trying to fiddle the retail prices index.
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