finagle

v. 欺骗, 哄骗, 欺瞒

发音

US /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/
其它
UK /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/

词形变化

finagled finagles 三单 finagles finagling finagling 现在分词 finagled 过去式 finagled 过去分词

别名

fenagle finangle phenagle

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

    及物

    finagle a day off work

  2. 2.

    To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

    骗取

    及物

    finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught

  3. 3.

    To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

    及物/不及物

    shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

manage wangle

上位词 4

reach achieve accomplish attain

词源

Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle.

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