Manoeuvre

(n.) Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

(n.) Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.

(n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.

(n.) To manage with address or art; to scheme.

(v. t.) To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

(n. & v.) See Maneuver.

校对:莱斯利

• She brought his cigar and lighted it for him; she knew the effect of that manoeuvre, having practised it in former days upon Rawdon Crawley. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Curious, characteristic manoeuvre! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But knowing they were Italians, Hans had said, we attempted to manoeuvre which would have been unjustifiable against other troops. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I was too old a hand in aerial warfare to be at a loss now for the right manoeuvre. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Rawdon had not the heart for that manoeuvre. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• To this manoeuvre he accordingly resorted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• By very skilful manoeuvres and boldness of attack he completely routed the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We should only be in the way of the manoeuvres that the gallant fellows are performing overhead. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Selden had watched her manoeuvres with lazy amusement. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I should more readily have accredited this report had his manoeuvres been better masked. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, were consumed in manoeuvring and awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from Washington. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• My poor aunt had certainly little cause to love the state; but, however, speaking from my own observation, it is a manoeuvring business. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The 9th, 10th, and 11th were spent in manoeuvring and fighting, without decisive results. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Yet he suddenly began to feel himself drifting into the old track of manoeuvring on Thomasin's account. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And if this seems like manoeuvring, you must remember that her position is peculiar, and that she has been hardly used. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Here he manoeuvred to give the impression that we were going to attack the left flank of Lee's army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We manoeuvred them at Guadalajara. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• And you must have observed, Watson, how she manoeuvred to have the light at her back. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Rosecrans had very skilfully manoeuvred Bragg south of the Tennessee River, and through and beyond Chattanooga. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

校对:鲁本