manipulative

Word family  noun manipulation manipulator adjective manipulative verb manipulate

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ma·nip·u·la·tive /məˈnɪpjələtɪv $ -leɪ-/ AWL adjective  1  USE A PERSONclever at controlling or deceiving people to get what you want – used to show disapproval 善于控制[欺骗]他人的〔含贬义〕 She was sly, selfish, and manipulative. 她狡猾、自私，善于摆布别人。2  technicalCONTROL relating to the ability to handle objects in a skilful way 操作的 Before a child can learn a musical instrument, he or she first needs to acquire the necessary manipulative skills. 儿童先要掌握一些必需的操作技能，然后才能学习演奏一种乐器。3. [only before noun] technicalMH relating to the skill of moving bones and joints into the correct position 推拿正骨法的

Examples from the Corpus

manipulative• She was charming and manipulative.• Although largely neglected today, this latter function is unashamedly manipulative.• At the same time one must avoid being manipulative.• In a medical book, the psychopath is cold-blooded, premeditated, uncaring, manipulative.• How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion?• He's self-centred, manipulative, insensitive; classic signs of a personality problem.• Wary of his manipulative skills, she agreed, on her own terms.• manipulative techniques• manipulative treatment• And Tony Bumble and the staff were very, very good at what they did, very manipulative, very smart.

ma·nip·u·la·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable  

or people clever get at deceiving to what Corpus controlling

manipulative
ma‧nip‧u‧la‧tive AC /məˈnɪpjələtɪv, məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv $ -leɪ-/ adjective1. clever at controlling or deceiving people to get what you want – used in order to show disapproval:
    She was sly, selfish, and manipulative.
2. technical relating to the ability to handle objects in a skilful way:
    Before a child can learn a musical instrument he or she first needs to acquire the necessary manipulative skills.
3. [only before noun] technical relating to the skill of moving bones and joints into the correct position

ma·nipu·la·tive AW BrE /məˈnɪpjələtɪv/ 🔊NAmE /məˈnɪpjəleɪtɪv/ 🔊 adjective(disapproving) skilful at influencing sb or forcing sb to do what you want, often in an unfair way 善于操纵的；会控制的；会摆布人的(formal) connected with the ability to handle objects skilfully 熟练操作的；有操作能力的◆manipulative skills such as typing and knitting诸如打字、编织这样的技能