V-T If you wangle something that you want, you manage to get it by being clever or persuading someone. 用计获得 [非正式]
We managed to wangle a few days' leave.
我们设法骗到了几天的假期。
He had wangled his way into the country without a visa.
他在没有签证的情况下设法混入了那个国家。
I asked the captain to wangle us three tickets to Athens.
我求船长帮我们弄3张去雅典的票。
A friend at the New York office had wangled the tickets for him.
一个在纽约办公司的朋友已经帮他弄到了几张票。
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