manipulate

v.操控

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
manipulate (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
2.
a) to manage or utilize skillfully
b) to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage
3.
to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose - doctor
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
manipulate (verb)
1.
to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means
SYNONYMS:
exploit, play (upon)
RELATED WORDS:
engineer, finagle, jockey, maneuver; beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, shanghai, snow, take in, trick; intrigue, machinate, plot, scheme; arrange, contrive, devise, finesse, mastermind; cheat, chisel, con, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, swindle
manipulate (verb)
2.
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
SYNONYMS:
address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with), hack, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, play, swing, take, treat
RELATED WORDS:
engineer, finesse, jockey; bring off, carry off, carry out, get off, pull; command, direct, guide, steer; control, micromanage, regulate, run; react (to), respond (to)
NEAR ANTONYMS:
botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), mishandle, muff, scamp
manipulate (verb)
3.
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
SYNONYMS:
contrive, finagle, finesse, frame, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, wangle
RELATED WORDS:
arrange, concert, conclude, hammer out, work out; angle (for), compass, intrigue, plot, scheme; connive; brew, concoct, cook (up), hatch; captain, command, conduct, direct, handle, manage, quarterback, run; gerrymander
NEAR ANTONYMS:
blow, bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, fumble, gum (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), mishandle, muff
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