lever
n.
1. 杆; 杠杆, 类似杠杆的物体
2. 手段; 途径; 工具
Pity is a lever for quickening love.
怜悯是加速爱情的手段。
n.[C]
1. 杠杆;控制杆
They used the threat of strike action as a lever to get the employers to agree to their demands.
他们威胁要罢工,试图以此迫使雇主答应他们的要求。
v.
1. 撬开,使用杠杆
vt.
1. (用杠杆)撬起,移动[O]
They levered it into position.
他们用杠杆把它推至定位。
They levered the rock into the hole.
他们用杠子把大石撬进洞里.
Push hard and the lever will go down.
用力推就能把控制杆按下去.
This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.
最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。
Move this lever to change gear.
换档时扳动这根操纵杆。
He employed his knife as a lever.
他把刀子当杠杆用.
This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
这撬棒准是用於不可告人的目的的.
名词lever
1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
2. a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
3. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
动词lever
1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
同义词
v. 用杠杆撬动(移动)
n. 杆,杠杆
其他：machine
名复：levers
lever
vt., vi. 用杠杆撬动; 撬开; 用杆操纵
lever off
把...撬出
lever up
把...撬起来
The worker is levering at the rock.
工人用杠杆移动岩石。
lever-type
adj. 杠杆式
lever-wood
n. 美洲铁木
advance lever
调节杆
accelerator pump lever
加速器泵杠杆
actuating lever
起动杆, 击发杠杆
air inlet valve lever
进气阀杆
accelerator lever
加速器杠杆
air intake lever
进气杆
adjustment lever
调节杠杆
acknowledging lever
(机车自动信号)警惕手柄
aileron lever
副翼杠杆
adjustable lever
可调杠杆, 可调节杆