levers

英 [ˈliːvəz]

美 [ˈlevərz]

n. (车辆或机器的)操纵杆，控制杆; 杠杆; 施压的行为
v. (用杠杆)撬动
lever的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

See also:Push the tiny lever on the lock...The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water.gear lever
杠杆；撬棒
Aleveris 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.
VERB 撬动；撬起；用力移动
If youleversomething in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort.
1. Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar...
  邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。
2. Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards...
  将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。
3. Alex levered himself up from the sofa.
  亚历克斯从沙发上撑扶着站了起来。
N-COUNT （用作施加压力等的）手段，方法
Aleveris 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.
1. Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west.
  激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。

We stand ready to use all policy levers to underpin confidence and the recovery.
我们已准备好使用各种政策杠杆巩固市场信心和经济复苏。
They help you differentiate and expose the knobs and levers you need to drive your business.
它们会帮助你区分并暴露出你需要驱动业务的“把手”和“杠杆”。
The linkage may consist of a series of interconnected levers and rods, or levers and a cable.
相连部分由一系列相关的拉杆和轴或拉杆和链索所组成。
This mechanism also includes other levers such as delivery period, the way of payment.
另外，协调机制还包括其它一些杠杆，比如交货期和付款方式等。
Yet Mr Obama keeps pulling levers that do not work.
然而，奥巴马一直在拉动根本不起作用的杠杆。
We just seem to lack the levers.
我们似乎只是缺少手段。
Other fundamental machine elements have evolved from wheel and levers.
其它的基本机械零件是在轮子和杠杆的基础上发展而成的。
A system of levers that moves a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed.
当击键盘时移动小锤敲击琴弦的杠杆系统。
For now this arguably makes sense, as the efficacy of traditional monetary levers remains poor.
就目前而言，可以说这种做法是有道理的，因为传统货币杠杆的功效仍不明显。
Manipulate the gears and levers of a machine
熟练操纵机器的排挡和变速杆