English Dictionary

finagle

IPA（発音記号）

/fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. / (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

日本語の意味

ずる賢く、不正な方法や小細工を使って物事を手に入れること / 工夫や間接的な、複雑な手段を用いて目的を達成すること

He tried to finagle free tickets to the concert.

彼は間接的で不正な手段を使ってコンサートの無料チケットを手に入れようとした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

finagle a day off work

意味（2）

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

finagles （ present singular third-person ）

finagling （ participle present ）

finagled （ participle past ）

finagled （ past ）