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manipulate + noun (person)
The politician manipulated the voters.
这位政客操纵了选民。
操纵；利用；巧妙地控制
manipulated — past of manipulate
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操纵；利用；巧妙地控制
influence or control shrewdly or deviously, especially to one's advantage
The politician manipulated the voters.
这位政客操纵了选民。
用手移动、安排或操作某物
To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
影响、管理、指挥、控制或篡改某物
To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
处理和移动身体部位,作为检查或治疗目的
To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
为了达到特定目的而影响或控制某人,尤其是对被操控者未知且对操控者有利的目的；利用
To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
manipulate
Base
原形
manipulates
3rd person
第三人称单数
manipulating
-ing
现在分词
manipulated
Past
过去式
manipulated
Past participle
过去分词
He manipulates people easily.
他轻易地操纵别人。
She is manipulating the data.
她正在篡改数据。
They manipulated the situation.
他们操纵了局势。
及物动词，意为操纵或篡改。
The politician manipulated the media to spread his propaganda.
这位政客操纵媒体来传播他的宣传。
She manipulated the clay into a beautiful sculpture.
她巧妙地处理黏土，做成了一件美丽的雕塑。
He tried to manipulate the data to make the results look better.
他试图篡改数据以使结果看起来更好。
The politician manipulated the voters.
这位政客操纵了选民。
She manipulated him into signing the contract.
她操纵他签了合同。
He manipulated the controls with ease.
他熟练地操作控制装置。
The therapist manipulated her shoulder to relieve pain.
治疗师通过推拿她的肩膀来缓解疼痛。
Not this
She manipulated the project well.
Use this
She managed the project well.
manipulate 常含‘欺骗性控制’的贬义，指利用手段操控他人或局面，而 manage 中性表示‘管理、处理’。此处项目管理工作应用 manage。
Not this
He manipulated on the data to fix the error.
Use this
He manipulated the data to fix the error.
manipulate 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词 on。中文‘对数据进行操作’的‘对…’容易导致误加介词。
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操纵数据
He was accused of manipulating data to support his hypothesis.
他被指控操纵数据以支持他的假设。
操纵他人
Politicians often manipulate people by appealing to their emotions.
政客们常常通过诉诸情感来操纵他人。
操纵市场
The company was fined for manipulating the stock market.
该公司因操纵股市而被罚款。
操纵舆论
The media can manipulate public opinion through selective reporting.
媒体可以通过选择性报道来操纵舆论。
操纵系统
Some people find ways to manipulate the tax system to their advantage.
有些人找到方法操纵税收系统以获取利益。
操纵局势
She is skilled at manipulating situations to get what she wants.
她擅长操纵局势来得到她想要的。
操纵系统
He managed to manipulate the system to get what he wanted.
他设法操纵系统得到了他想要的。
歪曲事实
The politician tried to manipulate the truth to win votes.
那位政客试图歪曲事实以赢得选票。
操纵某人的感情
She knew how to manipulate his feelings to get her way.
她知道如何操纵他的感情来达到目的。
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记忆联想：man（人）+ ip（地址）+ ulate（操作），合为‘人操作IP’，即操纵。
语域偏正式，常含贬义，多用于描述人际关系、政治或商业中通过巧妙手段不公平地控制他人或形势。
All words share the spelling ending -ulate and the unstressed suffix pronunciation /jəleɪt/ (or /əleɪt/). Note that stress placement and preceding consonants vary; for example, 'manipulate' has /pj/ while 'articulate' and 'calculate' have /kj/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.