wan·gle
verb/ˈwæŋɡl/
/ˈwæŋɡl/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wangle | /ˈwæŋɡl/ /ˈwæŋɡl/ |
| he / she / it wangles | /ˈwæŋɡlz/ /ˈwæŋɡlz/ |
| past simple wangled | /ˈwæŋɡld/ /ˈwæŋɡld/ |
| past participle wangled | /ˈwæŋɡld/ /ˈwæŋɡld/ |
| -ing form wangling | /ˈwæŋɡlɪŋ/ /ˈwæŋɡlɪŋ/ |
- to get something that you or another person wants, but do not really have a right to have, by persuading somebody or by a clever plan
把…弄到手；设法获得；搞到 - wangle something She had wangled an invitation to the opening night.
她弄到了一张首映之夜的请柬。 - We should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow.
我们应该能设法安排你明天启程。 - He managed to wangle his way onto the course.
他终于设法修读了这一科目。 - wangle something from/out of somebody I'll try to wangle some money out of my parents.
我要设法从父母那里哄出些钱来。 - wangle somebody something He had wangled her a seat on the plane.
他为她弄到了一个飞机上的座位。
Word Originlate 19th cent. (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle. - wangle something She had wangled an invitation to the opening night.