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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++man·age /ˈmænɪdʒ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 business 生意 [transitive]MANAGER to direct or control a business or department and the people, equipment, and money involved in it 负责，管理〔某企业或部门〕 He was asked to manage a new department. 他被要求去管理一个新的部门。 Managing a football team is harder than you think. 管理一支足球队比你想象的要难。 The company had been very badly managed. 公司管理非常糟糕。 a brewery which has been owned and managed by the same family for over 100 years 被同一个家族拥有和经营了一百多年的啤酒厂► see thesaurus at control2 do STH difficult 做困难之事 [intransitive, transitive]SUCCEED IN DOING something to succeed in doing something difficult, especially after trying very hard 设法做成，努力完成〔困难的事〕manage to do something I finally managed to push the huge animal away. 我终于把这个庞大的动物推走了。 How do you manage to stay so slim? 你是如何把身材保持得这么苗条的？ We somehow managed to persuade him. 我们总算想办法把他说服了。 Juventus managed two goals in the last ten minutes. 在最后十分钟里，尤文图斯队攻进了两个球。 I don’t know how I’ll manage it, but I’ll be there. 我还不知道怎么去，但我会去的。► see thesaurus at succeed RegisterIn written English, people often use succeed in doing something rather than manage to do something, as it sounds more formal: 在书面英语中，人们常用succeed in doing something，而不用manage to do something，因前者语气更为正式At a time of depression, Roosevelt succeeded in restoring hope. 在经济萧条时期，罗斯福总统使人们重拾希望。3 deal with problems 处理问题 [intransitive]DEAL WITH to succeed in dealing with problems, living in a difficult situation etc 成功应付〔难题〕，〔在困境等中〕得以对付过去 I don’t know how she manages with seven children. 我不知道七个孩子她是怎么应付的。 We didn’t have the proper equipment, but we managed somehow. 我们没有合适的设备，但不管怎么样我们还是对付过去了。manage without How do you manage without a washing machine? 没有洗衣机你怎么对付？manage with I can’t afford to get you a new coat – you’ll have to manage with the one you’ve got. 我没钱给你买新外套——你就凑合着穿现有的那件吧。4 time/money etc 时间/金钱等 [transitive]EFFECTIVE to use your time, money etc sensibly, without wasting it 合理安排，有效使用 〔时间、金钱等〕 Paying a little each month can help you manage your money. 每月支付一小部分可以帮助你合理安排用钱。 You need to learn to manage your time more effectively. 你应该学会更有效地利用时间。 Consultants can help academic institutions to manage their resources more efficiently. 顾问可以帮助学术机构更有效地使用他们的资源。5 live without much money 靠不多的钱生活 [intransitive]DEAL WITH to succeed in buying the things that you need in order to live even though you do not have very much money 凑合着生活，勉强维持 SYN get by I honestly don’t know how we’ll manage now Keith’s lost his job. 基思失业了，我真不知道我们怎么生活下去。 It’ll be tight, but I guess I’ll just about manage. 会拮据一点，但我想我能应付的。manage on People like Jim have to manage on as little as $75 a week. 像吉姆那样的人不得不靠每周区区75美元来勉强过日子。6 not need help 无需帮忙 [intransitive, transitive] spokenNEED to be able to do something or carry something without help 〔无需帮忙而〕能做，能应付7 keep tidy 保持整洁 [transitive] especially British EnglishTIDY to succeed in keeping something neat and tidy 把〔某物〕保持得井井有条8 control 控制 [transitive]CONTROL to control the behaviour of a person or animal, so that they do what you want 驾驭，控制〔人或动物的行为〕9 be strong enough 足够强壮 [transitive]DEAL WITH to be able to do something because you are strong enough or healthy enough 〔因足够强壮或健康而〕能做〔某事〕10 eat/drink 吃/喝 [transitive]EATDRINK to be able to eat or drink something 能吃[喝]〔某物〕11 cause problems 引起问题 [transitive]CAUSE to do something that causes problems – used humorously 竟搞得，竟做出〔幽默用法〕12 manage a few words/a smile etc WILLINGto make yourself say or do something when you do not really want to 勉强说几句/笑一笑等13 have time for 有时间做 [transitive]TIME/HAVE TIME to be able to meet someone or do something, even though you are busy 抽出时间，安排〔见某人或做某事〕n GRAMMAR: Comparisonmanage• You manage to do something: She managed to persuade him. ✗Don’t say: She managed persuading him.• You can say that you manage something or just that you manage: Did you manage it?Somehow I managed.succeed• You succeed in doing something: She succeeded in persuading him. ✗Don’t say: She succeeded to persuade him.• You can also use succeed on its own: I hope you succeed. ✗Don’t say: I hope you succeed it.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
manage• "Can I help you with that?" "That's OK, I can manage."• If you hadn't have been here, I don't think I would have managed.• It's hard to see sometimes how single parents manage.• I even managed a few slow turns the first time I went skiing.• My husband manages a mill, 200 miles north of Bombay.• Martin still hasn't got his invalidity pension sorted out, but he's managing all right at the moment.• I think I could manage another glass of wine.• a badly managed company• Arcstar global services provide managed data, multimedia and Internet services to some of the largest companies in the world.• Stressful situations can be managed effectively, thus making you a master of life's events rather than a victim.• Managing four pizza outlets is extremely hard work.• Helen was always a difficult child. None of her teachers knew how to manage her.• I don't know how he managed it, but the crisis is over.• I'll be away for a week, do you think you can manage on your own?• As the story illustrates, however the biases did not fit the challenge of managing performance and change at Iberian Motors.• I guess we'll manage somehow.• Can you manage that door Mike? It looks awfully heavy.• A few companies encourage tenants to form their own corporations and manage the property themselves.• Grandma can't manage the stairs by herself any more.• So solicitors should try to remain ahead of the judge by managing their own case.• I could only manage three sit-ups.• By a fortunate coincidence of local guts and national conditions, they managed to begin one.• So he managed to compete with success.• We had one really bad fire area and managed to deal with it.• At least three hostages managed to escape.• He finally managed to find an apartment near his office.• "How did you manage while you were unemployed?'' "Luckily, I had some savings.''manage it• If it hadn't been for the help from her children she couldn't have managed it.• To effectively implement change you still need to manage it.• Well, a few of us manage it.• First, I don't see how one man could have managed it alone.• She could manage it for a full two minutes or more.• If you do manage it, the fight is by no means over.• We thought we managed it well; we were making more money than most people I knew.• How was it then that all these ordinary people seemed to manage it with effortless ease?manage without• How do you manage without a phone?manage on• We are trying to manage on a limited budget.manage to do something• Despite a further weakening of demand, St Ives managed to hold pre-tax profits at £10.1m in the six months to January.• Some couples, highly intelligent and normally with a good command over words, manage to keep themselves endlessly but unknowingly confused.• Do you know, I managed to leave my briefcase in the examining room.• Earthscan should be congratulated for its initiative, especially as it has managed to produce readable technical material.• After some fumbling I had managed to read my first article by Julie Bitchkill.• It took the better part of an hour, but in the end we managed to squeeze everything in.• The Doctor said it was a miracle that the pilot had managed to steer the plane down at all.• She managed to tell me what had happened.could manage• She'd included a sleeping-bag in the luggage she'd brought with her, so she could manage.• With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village.• I would never have believed that I could manage it.• The Florida Stock Index, tracking about 100 companies, could manage only a 1. 2 % increase.• And you never let on what you could manage to do if pressed.• If only he could manage to finish the Koran.• But he was temporary books editor while his boss was on holiday, so he could manage to fix something.• The best the top performing expert could manage was just over £80.From Longman Business Dictionarymanageman‧age /ˈmænɪdʒ/ verb1[intransitive, transitive]COMMERCE to direct or control a business, part of a business, or the people who work in itHe will be managing a staff of about 1,500.The unions had undermined the employers’ ability to manage.2[transitive]FINANCE if a financial institution manages someone’s money, it decides when and where to invest itinvestors who use trading advisers to manage their money in futures marketsprofessionally managed pension funds→ See Verb tableOrigin manage (1500-1600) Italian maneggiare, from mano “hand”, from Latin manusman·age verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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man‧age S1 W1 /ˈmænɪdʒ/
verb
He was asked to manage a new department.
Managing a football team is harder than you think.
The company had been very badly managed.
a brewery which has been owned and managed by the same family for over 100 years
2. DO SOMETHING DIFFICULT [intransitive and transitive] to succeed in doing something difficult, especially after trying very hard
manage to do something
I finally managed to push the huge animal away.
How do you manage to stay so slim?
We somehow managed to persuade him.
Juventus managed two goals in the last ten minutes.
I don’t know how I’ll manage it, but I’ll be there.
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In written English, people often use succeed in doing something rather than manage to do something, as it sounds more formal:
▪At a time of depression, Roosevelt succeeded in restoring hope.
3. DEAL WITH PROBLEMS [intransitive] to succeed in dealing with problems, living in a difficult situation etc:
I don’t know how she manages with seven children.
We didn’t have the proper equipment, but we managed somehow.
manage without
How do you manage without a washing machine?
manage with
I can’t afford to get you a new coat – you’ll have to manage with the one you’ve got.
4. TIME/MONEY ETC [transitive] to use your time, money etc sensibly, without wasting it:
Paying a little each month can help you manage your money.
You need to learn to manage your time more effectively.
Consultants can help academic institutions to manage their resources more efficiently.
5. LIVE WITHOUT MUCH MONEY [intransitive] to succeed in buying the things that you need in order to live even though you do not have very much money
SYN get by:
I honestly don’t know how we’ll manage now Keith’s lost his job.
It’ll be tight, but I guess I’ll just about manage.
manage on
People like Jim have to manage on as little as $75 a week.
6. NOT NEED HELP [intransitive and transitive] spoken to be able to do something or carry something without help:
Can you manage all right, Mum?
You’ll never manage that suitcase; let me take it.
Thank you, but I think I can manage perfectly well on my own.
7. KEEP TIDY [transitive] especially British English to succeed in keeping something neat and tidy:
He’ll never manage such a big garden on his own.
8. CONTROL [transitive] to control the behaviour of a person or animal, so that they do what you want:
It’s hard to manage your children and do the shopping.
The horse was huge and vicious. Giles was the only one who could manage her.
9. BE STRONG ENOUGH [transitive] to be able to do something because you are strong enough or healthy enough:
He tried to walk, but managed only a few shaky steps.
10. EAT/DRINK [transitive] to be able to eat or drink something:
Could you manage another drink?
11. CAUSE PROBLEMS [transitive] to do something that causes problems – used humorously
manage to do something
Andrews has managed to get himself sacked.
I don’t know how I managed to arrive so late.
12. manage a few words/a smile etc to make yourself say or do something when you do not really want to:
Tom looked tired but still managed a smile.
manage to smile/speak/laugh etc
‘Why do you hate me so much?’ he managed to say.
13. HAVE TIME FOR [transitive] to be able to meet someone or do something, even though you are busy:
Can you manage dinner tonight?
‘Is there any chance you could work late?’ ‘I think I could manage an hour.’
man‧age S1 W1 /ˈmænɪdʒ/
verb Word Family: noun: management, manager, manageability, manageress; adjective: manageable ≠ unmanageable, managerial; verb: manage
Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: maneggiare, from mano 'hand', from Latin manus
1. BUSINESS [transitive] to direct or control a business or department and the people, equipment, and money involved in it:Language: Italian
Origin: maneggiare, from mano 'hand', from Latin manus
2. DO SOMETHING DIFFICULT [intransitive and transitive] to succeed in doing something difficult, especially after trying very hard
manage to do something
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In written English, people often use succeed in doing something rather than manage to do something, as it sounds more formal:
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3. DEAL WITH PROBLEMS [intransitive] to succeed in dealing with problems, living in a difficult situation etc:
manage without
manage with
4. TIME/MONEY ETC [transitive] to use your time, money etc sensibly, without wasting it:
5. LIVE WITHOUT MUCH MONEY [intransitive] to succeed in buying the things that you need in order to live even though you do not have very much money
SYN get by:
manage on
6. NOT NEED HELP [intransitive and transitive] spoken to be able to do something or carry something without help:
7. KEEP TIDY [transitive] especially British English to succeed in keeping something neat and tidy:
8. CONTROL [transitive] to control the behaviour of a person or animal, so that they do what you want:
9. BE STRONG ENOUGH [transitive] to be able to do something because you are strong enough or healthy enough:
10. EAT/DRINK [transitive] to be able to eat or drink something:
11. CAUSE PROBLEMS [transitive] to do something that causes problems – used humorously
manage to do something
12. manage a few words/a smile etc to make yourself say or do something when you do not really want to:
manage to smile/speak/laugh etc
13. HAVE TIME FOR [transitive] to be able to meet someone or do something, even though you are busy:
Can is used to say that somebody knows how to do something.* can 表示懂得做 ：◆ Can you play the piano? 你会弹钢琴吗？ It is also used with verbs of seeing, noticing, etc. 该词亦与表示看见、注意到等的动词连用 ：◆ I can hear someone calling. 我听见有人在呼叫。 and with passive infinitives. 并与不定式的被动形式连用 ：◆ The podcast can be downloaded here. 播客可在此下载。 Can orbe able to are used to say that something is possible or that somebody has the opportunity to do something.* can 或 be able to 表示某事情有可能或某人有机会做某事 ：◆ Can you/are you able to come on Saturday? 你星期六能来吗？ You use be able to to form the future and perfect tenses and the infinitive.用 be able to 构成将来时、完成时和动词不定式 ：◆ You'll be able to get a taxi outside the station. 在车站外可搭乘出租车。 ◆ I haven't been able to get much work done today. 我今天未能干多少工作。 ◆ She'd love to be able to play the piano. 她很希望能弹钢琴。 Could is used to talk about what someone was generally able to do in the past.* could 表示过去通常能做 ：◆ Our daughter could walk when she was nine months old. 我们的女儿九个月大就会走路了。 You use was/were able to ormanage (but notcould ) when you are saying that something was possible on a particular occasion in the past.关于在过去特定情况下可能的事用 was/were able to 或 manage，但不用 could ：◆ I was able to/managed to find some useful books in the library. 我总算在图书馆找到了一些有用的书。 ◆ I could find some useful books in the library. In negative sentences, could not can also be used.否定句也可用 could not ：◆ We weren't able to/didn't manage to/couldn't get there in time. 我们未能及时赶到那儿。 Could is also used with this meaning with verbs of seeing, noticing, understanding, etc.亦可用 could 加表示看见、注意到、明白等的动词表示此义 ：◆ I could see there was something wrong. 我发觉出事了。 Could have is used when you are saying that it was possible for somebody to do something in the past but they did not try.表示过去有可能做某事但没有做，用 could have ：◆ I could have won the game but decided to let her win. 我本可以赢得那场比赛，但还是决定让她赢了。
Can is used to say that somebody knows how to do something.* can 表示懂得做 ：◆ Can you play the piano? 你会弹钢琴吗？ It is also used with verbs of seeing, noticing, etc. 该词亦与表示看见、注意到等的动词连用 ：◆ I can hear someone calling. 我听见有人在呼叫。 and with passive infinitives. 并与不定式的被动形式连用 ：◆ The podcast can be downloaded here. 播客可在此下载。 Can orbe able to are used to say that something is possible or that somebody has the opportunity to do something.* can 或 be able to 表示某事情有可能或某人有机会做某事 ：◆ Can you/are you able to come on Saturday? 你星期六能来吗？ You use be able to to form the future and perfect tenses and the infinitive.用 be able to 构成将来时、完成时和动词不定式 ：◆ You'll be able to get a taxi outside the station. 在车站外可搭乘出租车。 ◆ I haven't been able to get much work done today. 我今天未能干多少工作。 ◆ She'd love to be able to play the piano. 她很希望能弹钢琴。 Could is used to talk about what someone was generally able to do in the past.* could 表示过去通常能做 ：◆ Our daughter could walk when she was nine months old. 我们的女儿九个月大就会走路了。 You use was/were able to ormanage (but notcould ) when you are saying that something was possible on a particular occasion in the past.关于在过去特定情况下可能的事用 was/were able to 或 manage，但不用 could ：◆ I was able to/managed to find some useful books in the library. 我总算在图书馆找到了一些有用的书。 ◆ I could find some useful books in the library. In negative sentences, could not can also be used.否定句也可用 could not ：◆ We weren't able to/didn't manage to/couldn't get there in time. 我们未能及时赶到那儿。 Could is also used with this meaning with verbs of seeing, noticing, understanding, etc.亦可用 could 加表示看见、注意到、明白等的动词表示此义 ：◆ I could see there was something wrong. 我发觉出事了。 Could have is used when you are saying that it was possible for somebody to do something in the past but they did not try.表示过去有可能做某事但没有做，用 could have ：◆ I could have won the game but decided to let her win. 我本可以赢得那场比赛，但还是决定让她赢了。