1. （操作機械的）桿，柄，把手 A lever is a handle or bar that is attached to a piece of machinery and which you push or pull in order to operate the machinery.
e.g. Push the tiny lever on the lock... 按一下鎖上的小柄。 e.g. The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water. 水閥上有一個(gè)手柄控制冷熱水。
2. 杠桿；撬棒 A lever is a long bar, one end of which is placed under a heavy object so that when you press down on the other end you can move the object.
3. 撬動(dòng)；撬起；用力移動(dòng) If you lever something in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort.
lever的意思
e.g. Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar... 鄰居們最終用一根鐵撬把門(mén)撬開(kāi)了。 e.g. Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards... 將耙子插入到離根部約6英寸的地方并同時(shí)向后扳。
4. （用作施加壓力等的）手段，方法 A lever is an idea or action that you can use to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do.
e.g. Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west. 激進(jìn)的好戰派想要繼續利用人質(zhì)作籌碼來(lái)?yè)Q取西方的讓步。