wangle
verb (informal)to get something that you or another person wants, but do not really have a right to have, by persuading somebody or by a clever plan 把…弄到手;设法获得;搞 - wangle something
She had wangled an invitation to the opening night. 她弄到了一张首映之夜的请柬。 We should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow. 我们应该能设法安排你明天启程。 He managed to wangle his way onto the course. 他终于设法修读了这一科目。 - wangle something from/out of somebody
I'll try to wangle some money out of my parents. 我要设法从父母那里哄出些钱来。 - wangle somebody something
He had wangled her a seat on the plane. 他为她弄到了一个飞机上的座位。
Word Originlate 19th cent. (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle.- wangle something