levers

英 [ˈliːvəz]

美 [ˈlevərz]

n.  (车辆或机器的)操纵杆，控制杆; 杠杆; 施压的行为
v.  (用杠杆)撬动
lever的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:Push the tiny lever on the lock...The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water.gear lever
• 杠杆；撬棒
  Aleveris a long bar, one end of which is placed under a heavy object so that when you press down on the other end you can move the object.
• VERB 撬动；撬起；用力移动
  If youleversomething in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort.
  1. Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar...
     邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。
  2. Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards...
     将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。
  3. Alex levered himself up from the sofa.
     亚历克斯从沙发上撑扶着站了起来。
• N-COUNT （用作施加压力等的）手段，方法
  Aleveris an idea or action that you can use to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do.
  1. Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west.
     激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。

双语例句

• We hold the president responsible for the economy, even though he has few economic levers at his command.
  我们也认为，总统应对国家的经济发展负责。即使他们掌控的经济调节杠杆很有限。
• Ejector seat levers can only be used once, and their consequences are significant and irreversible.
  弹射座椅操纵杆只能用一次，它的使用将引起重要的变化，而且这个过程是不可逆的。
• For now this arguably makes sense, as the efficacy of traditional monetary levers remains poor.
  就目前而言，可以说这种做法是有道理的，因为传统货币杠杆的功效仍不明显。
• It lacked the basic levers of governance to restore credible economic management.
  希腊缺乏恢复可信经济管理所需的基本治理机制。
• It was much more that shift levers with detents.
  它做更多的变化与制动器的杠杆。
• Technology isn't just about wires and widgets and levers and code.
  科技不只是工具和电线杆和代码。
• Levers and pulleys are simple machines.
  杠杆和滑轮是简单机械。
• Spindle feeds and speeds are controlled by selector levers which engage the proper gears in the drill head.
  主轴的进能量和转速是通过选速杆使主轴箱中的适当齿轮相啮合而控制的。
• Close locking levers on the partition grille, starting at the seats.
  关闭隔离格栅上的锁定杆，从座椅开始。
• Other fundamental machine elements have evolved from wheel and levers.
  其它的基本机械零件是在轮子和杠杆的基础上发展而成的。