pull strings 详细解释

pull strings

在幕后拉线, 秘密操纵

【口】通过私人关系

The police released him after his lawyer pulled strings downtown.

他的律师利用城里的关系之后, 警察就把他释放了。

He got a plush job in City Hall after his father pulled strings.

他父亲利用私人关系后, 他在市政府里谋到一个轻松的工作。

Mary pulled strings and got us two theater tickets.

玛丽走了后门, 为我们搞到了两张戏票。

英英释义

动词 pull strings:

influence or control shrewdly or deviously

同义词:manipulate, pull wires

补充

pull stringspull strings1.在幕后牵线,暗中操纵;从事幕后活动

例句

1. His father had to pull (some) strings to get him the job.他父亲只得靠(一些)关系给他找了工作。