wheeler-dealer

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌwiː.ləˈdiː.lər]
• 美式音标 [ˌwiː.lɚˈdiː.lɚ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.追求利益的人；独断独行者
• vi.独断独行；一意孤行

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• "Some people call my brother a wheeler-dealer because he"s made so much money buying and selling real estate.
  他说：“有些人说我哥哥人很利害、很会耍手段，因为他做房地产生意赚了好多钱。
• A top-tier university is not only significant as a research center, but as a networking hub, cultural behemoth, and, if you're lucky, a wheeler-dealer landlord.
  一个一流的大学并不仅仅象征着科研中心，同时也是一个网络中心，文化巨无霸，如果你幸运的话，它还是一个独断专行的地主。
• By the way, some have praised Mr. Immelt’s appointment on the grounds that at least he represents a company that actually makes things, rather than being yet another financial wheeler-dealer.
  顺便要说的是，有些人对美伊特先生的任命表示赞扬，原因是至少他代表一个实实在在做事的公司，而不是另外一家唯利是图的金融公司。

权威例句

• The cardinal, though robed as a Good Shepherd, often seemed a wheeler-dealer in best Philippine style.
  ECONOMIST: Cardinal Sin
• Steinway, blue jeans peddler Levi Strauss, real estate wheeler-dealer Donald Trump and electrical industry pioneer George Westinghouse.
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• Jonathan Leitersdorf is an Israeli wheeler-dealer with strong roots in New York.
  FORBES: Feds Move To Liquidate Jet-Setter's Government-Backed Venture Firm

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• someone who wheels and deals

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods.