wheeler-dealer

英 [ˌwiːlə ˈdiːlə(r)]

美 [ˌwiːlər ˈdiːlər]

n.  (商界或政界的)工于心计的人，进行复杂交易的人

复数：wheeler-dealers　

牛津词典

noun

• （商界或政界的）工于心计的人，进行复杂交易的人
  a person who does a lot of complicated deals in business or politics, often in a dishonest way

柯林斯词典

• (尤指在商场和政治上)玩弄于腕者，工于心计的人，投机钻营者
  If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as awheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods.

双语例句

• Now he's a right wheeler-dealer.
  现在他是个不错的贸易商。
• In the film, sheen plays the ambitious young Wall Street wheeler-dealer.
  在这部影片中，希恩饰演了华尔街野心勃勃的不法交易者。
• He was literally what the British call a 'wheeler-dealer' – a wily entrepreneur.
  他确确实实就是英国人所说的‘投机钻营者’：一位老谋深算的企业家。
• Beware of Todd. He's a wheeler-dealer.
  小心托德，他是个机灵诡诈（：一意孤行）人。
• One of my first jobs following graduation was as an executive assistant to a wheeler-dealer.
  我刚刚毕业后曾经干过的一份工作，是做一个独断专行的人的行政助理。
• He has a reputation as a wheeler-dealer.
  他工于心计是出了名的。
• He worked in the property business for a number of years, acquiring a reputation as a formidable wheeler-dealer.
  他在房地产行业工作了许多年，得到了一个令人敬畏的耍手腕者的名场院。