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wheeler-dealer
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 追求利益的人;独断专行者
  • vi. 一意孤行;独断独行
  • 网络释义

    1、追求利益的人
    ...opportunist 机会主义者wheeler-dealer 追求利益的人...fortune hunter 追求有钱女子的男人...

    短语

    专业释义

    英英释义

    wheeler-dealer [ 'hwi:lə'di:lə ]

    n.a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

    同义词:hustlerwheeler dealeroperator




    英汉双解大词典

    wheeler-dealer (wheeler-dealers)

    • 1.  

      N-COUNT(可数名词) If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods. (在商场和政坛)投机钻营者[表不满]

      例:

      ...a pact with a smooth-talking wheeler-dealer named Mr. Cox.

      ...与一个油嘴滑舌、善于钻营的考克斯先生的一个协议。