ma·neu·ver
noun/məˈnuːvə(r)/
/məˈnuːvər/
(US English) (British English manoeuvre)
Idioms - [countable] a movement performed with care and skill
细致巧妙的移动；机动动作 - a complicated/skillful maneuver
复杂/熟练的动作 - You will be asked to perform some standard maneuvers during your driving test.
在驾驶考试期间，您将被要求执行一些标准操作。
Extra Examples- The pilot has to carry out a series of complex maneuvers.
飞行员必须执行一系列复杂的操作。 - Careful, this is a tricky maneuver.
小心，这是一个棘手的动作。 - They attempted the maneuver five or six times.
他们尝试了五六次这种机动。
- a complicated/skillful maneuver
- [countable, uncountable] a clever plan, action or movement that is used to give somebody an advantage
策略；手段；花招；伎俩 - diplomatic maneuvers
外交演习 - a complex maneuver in a game of chess
国际象棋游戏中的复杂动作 - The amendment was somehow introduced by political maneuver.
该修正案在某种程度上是出于政治操纵而提出的。
Extra Examples- Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical maneuver.
她退出比赛是一种战术策略。 - It was difficult to keep track of her political maneuvers.
很难追踪她的政治伎俩。 - She defended her latest maneuver in a letter to the press.
她在给媒体的一封信中为自己的最新举动进行了辩护。 - This could be a clever pre-election maneuver.
这可能是一个聪明的选前策略。
- diplomatic maneuvers
- maneuvers[plural] military exercises involving a large number of soldiers, ships, etc.
军事演习；作战演习 - on maneuvers The army is on maneuvers in the desert.
军队正在沙漠中进行演习。
- on maneuvers The army is on maneuvers in the desert.
Idioms
freedom of/room for maneuver
- the chance to change the way that something happens and influence decisions that are made
改变事态的机会；回旋余地 - Small farmers have limited room for maneuver.
小农户的回旋余地有限。
Extra Examples- The economic conditions are restricting the bank's freedom of maneuver.
经济状况限制了银行的操作自由。 - The government has very little room for maneuver on this issue.
政府在这个问题上的回旋余地很小。
- Small farmers have limited room for maneuver.