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a movement performed with care and skill 细致巧妙的移动；机动动作 a complicated/skillful maneuver 复杂/熟练的操作 You will be asked to perform some standard maneuvers during your driving test. 你将被要求在驾驶考试中进行一些标准动作。
Extra ExamplesThe pilot has to carry out a series of complex maneuvers. 飞行员必须进行一系列复杂的机动操作。 Careful, this is a tricky maneuver. 小心，这是一个棘手的策略。 They attempted the maneuver five or six times. 他们尝试了五六次。
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a clever plan, action or movement that is used to give somebody an advantage 策略；手段；花招；伎俩 diplomatic maneuvers 外交策略 a complex maneuver in a game of chess 国际象棋比赛中的复杂动作 The amendment was somehow introduced by political maneuver. 修正案是通过某种政治手段引入的。
Extra ExamplesHer withdrawal from the contest was a tactical maneuver. 她退出比赛是一种战术策略。 It was difficult to keep track of her political maneuvers. 很难跟踪她的政治策略。 She defended her latest maneuver in a letter to the press. 她在给新闻界的一封信中为自己最近的策略进行了辩护。 This could be a clever pre-election maneuver. 这可能是一个聪明的选举前策略。
- maneuvers[plural]
military exercises involving a large number of soldiers, ships, etc. 军事演习；作战演习 - on maneuvers
The army is on maneuvers in the desert. 军队正在沙漠中进行演习。
- on maneuvers
Idioms
freedom of/room for maneuver
the chance to change the way that something happens and influence decisions that are made 改变事态的机会；回旋余地 Small farmers have limited room for maneuver. 小农的回旋余地有限。
Extra ExamplesThe economic conditions are restricting the bank's freedom of maneuver. 经济状况限制了银行的操作自由。 The government has very little room for maneuver on this issue. 政府在这个问题上没有多少回旋的余地。