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    Svengali

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Occult
    Sven·ga·li /svenˈɡɑːli/ noun [countable]  ROa man who has the power to control people’s minds and make them do bad or immoral things 控制别人思想并令其作恶的人，斯文加利式人物
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    Svengali• Firstly by the theatre; secondly by what he called his Pygmalion, even his Svengali, complex.    Origin Svengali (1900-2000) Svengali, character who uses hypnotism to get control over people in the book Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier
    Sven·ga·li nounChineseSyllable
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    Svengali
    Sven‧ga‧li /svenˈɡɑːli/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Origin: Svengali, character who uses hypnotism to get control over people in the book Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier
    a man who has the power to control people’s minds and make them do bad or immoral things


    Sven·galiBrE /svenˈɡɑːli/ 🔊NAmE /svenˈɡɑːli/ 🔊 nouna person who has the power to control another person's mind, make them do bad things, etc. 能控制他人思想的人；能使人干坏事（或唯命是从）的人

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     ORIGIN From the name of a character in George du Maurier's novel Trilby. 源自乔治 · 杜 · 莫里哀的小说《软毡帽》中的人物斯文加利。