wangled
past simple and past participle ofwangle
| 单词 | wangled |
| 释义 | wangled past simple and past participle ofwangle wangle verb[T] informaluk/ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/tosucceedin getting or doing something bypersuadingsomeone or by beingcleverin some way: I'll be sojealousif youmanageto wangle aninvitationto hishouse. He's only been here twomonthsand already he'smanagedto wanglehis way intothebiggestpropertycompanyin thecapital. If I canthinkof someexcuseto wanglemy way out ofgoingtonightI will do! Synonym finagleUS Getting, receiving and accepting
Examplesofwangledwangled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is introducing a new principle as regards compensation, which can be very easilywangledby any owner who wishes to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It can bewangledin every sort of way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They havewangledthat by taking more account of economic factors in the indices for the elderly, residential care and social services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have little doubt that expense accounts are "wangled". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Figures have been read out to-night and there has not been any attempt to disprove them, although they have been "wangled" a bit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have something that they really believe in, and they cannot bewangledout of it by some trick solution which everybody sees through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The way in which the voting was "wangled" did not give them the opportunity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Up to the early 1980s, the service's success tended to be measured by how big a budget could bewangledfrom the centre and how quickly it could be spent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is awangledprice—wangledby the millers and importers, simply because they were set free to spend our currency upon overseas imports first of all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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