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单词 manipulator
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Definition of manipulator in English:

manipulator

noun məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə
  • 1A person who controls or influences others in a clever or unscrupulous way.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three days later she called me and asked me not to interrupt as she read me a speech, five or six sentences, where she called me a manipulator and a liar, and said that she couldn't be with me anymore.
    • Trial observers see a master manipulator at work.
    • They are being manipulated by the master manipulators over there.
    • I was a manipulator and scoundrel of the worst kind, who would do anything and everything necessary to satisfy my own insatiable appetite for ‘wine, women, and song’.
    • Simply put, we have a mix of self-made men and women as well as political connivers and manipulators.
    • Fortunately the people of New Forest East have now sent a message to the manipulators.
    • But the manipulator realises, too late, that she is being manipulated, despite warnings from her faithful dresser.
    • That woman and a string of mistresses describe him as a charmer but also a manipulator with a propensity to control weaker-willed people.
    • To a manipulator, all behaviors are manipulation.
    • Well, he's possibly a manipulator - but cinema itself is manipulative and the best directors have to become adept at the art.
    • Hackman is comfortably cast as the amoral manipulator.
    • The in-flight movie was the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, about a politician who receives instructions whispered into his ear by outside manipulators.
    • He is not malevolent, a manipulator or much of a mastermind.
    • Gracia's tough yet vulnerable, a manipulator who's also manipulated.
    • They are plotters, dissemblers, manipulators, murderers of children, fanatics.
    • His book is populated with scoundrels, megalomaniacs, psychopaths, manipulators and sadists - people he happens to find interesting.
    • I had the distinct sensation that I was a puppet of an addictive manipulator, that there was a kind of sinister hand which was forcing me in directions that I didn't like.
    • I entirely agree that a lot of spirits are liars and manipulators.
    • But any implied criticism of players as heartless mercenaries or of club managers and financial backers as self-interested manipulators ignores the commercial realities of rugby in the modern era.
    • In my view, everyone who turns on their radio or television immediately comes under hidden attack by the manipulator.
    Synonyms
    exploiter, puller of strings, user, manoeuvrer, conniver, intriguer, puppet master, puppeteer, wheeler-dealer
    informal operator, thimblerigger
  • 2A person who handles or controls something skilfully.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although combined therapy is an attractive option, this depends on an ample supply of both trained manipulators prepared to work for the NHS and exercise physiotherapists with access to suitable premises.
    • Obviously it was valuable to have the financial side of the story addressed and to hear the views of the magazine editors, social commentators and image manipulators who were summoned to assist us in our thinking.

Derivatives

  • manipulatory

  • adjective məˈnɪpjʊlət(ə)riməˈnɪpjələˌtɔri
    • However, it is evident that if someone who does not claim any manipulatory skill were to be able to perform the find-the-chosen-card effect without resorting to trickery, it would upset every notion of the universe as we know it.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The enlargement of sensory and manipulatory structures isn't to compensate for the loss of eyes, as Darwin suggested, but may actually be the developmental cause of the organism's blindness.
      • So in the long run, their manipulatory tactics will not be able to stop the gold and silver bull market, nor will they be able to stop the continued bear market in equities.
      • The palps are sensory and manipulatory mouthparts that have another important function - they are the male sex organ.
      • It is our centralized, manipulatory government that has brought us to the chaos.

Definition of manipulator in US English:

manipulator

nounməˈnipyəˌlādər
  • 1A person who controls or influences others in a clever or unscrupulous way.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are plotters, dissemblers, manipulators, murderers of children, fanatics.
    • He is not malevolent, a manipulator or much of a mastermind.
    • I entirely agree that a lot of spirits are liars and manipulators.
    • Gracia's tough yet vulnerable, a manipulator who's also manipulated.
    • To a manipulator, all behaviors are manipulation.
    • I had the distinct sensation that I was a puppet of an addictive manipulator, that there was a kind of sinister hand which was forcing me in directions that I didn't like.
    • They are being manipulated by the master manipulators over there.
    • His book is populated with scoundrels, megalomaniacs, psychopaths, manipulators and sadists - people he happens to find interesting.
    • The in-flight movie was the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, about a politician who receives instructions whispered into his ear by outside manipulators.
    • Fortunately the people of New Forest East have now sent a message to the manipulators.
    • But any implied criticism of players as heartless mercenaries or of club managers and financial backers as self-interested manipulators ignores the commercial realities of rugby in the modern era.
    • That woman and a string of mistresses describe him as a charmer but also a manipulator with a propensity to control weaker-willed people.
    • I was a manipulator and scoundrel of the worst kind, who would do anything and everything necessary to satisfy my own insatiable appetite for ‘wine, women, and song’.
    • In my view, everyone who turns on their radio or television immediately comes under hidden attack by the manipulator.
    • Trial observers see a master manipulator at work.
    • Hackman is comfortably cast as the amoral manipulator.
    • Three days later she called me and asked me not to interrupt as she read me a speech, five or six sentences, where she called me a manipulator and a liar, and said that she couldn't be with me anymore.
    • Well, he's possibly a manipulator - but cinema itself is manipulative and the best directors have to become adept at the art.
    • Simply put, we have a mix of self-made men and women as well as political connivers and manipulators.
    • But the manipulator realises, too late, that she is being manipulated, despite warnings from her faithful dresser.
    Synonyms
    exploiter, puller of strings, user, manoeuvrer, conniver, intriguer, puppet master, puppeteer, wheeler-dealer
  • 2A person who handles or controls something skilfully.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although combined therapy is an attractive option, this depends on an ample supply of both trained manipulators prepared to work for the NHS and exercise physiotherapists with access to suitable premises.
    • Obviously it was valuable to have the financial side of the story addressed and to hear the views of the magazine editors, social commentators and image manipulators who were summoned to assist us in our thinking.
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