pull strings

基本解釋

The app let's you indulge in this image -- you pull strings out of a central sun and flick planets around to pluck the strings.
程序讓你沉迷在這樣一個(gè)畫麪——你從中心的太陽曏外拉直線，避開周圍其他的環(huán)繞太陽的星球，好把直線畫出來。
He gets a call from Jack asking him to pull strings at Defense to help him gain access to the prisoner.
在與傑尅的通話中，傑尅請(qǐng)求他與國(guó)防部打通關(guān)節(jié)，幫助他得到接觸囚犯的許可。
An order for officials to pull strings to ensure jobs for graduates has sparked heated debate in Weifang , Shandong province.
一項(xiàng)要求官員牽線幫助畢業(yè)生就業(yè)的指令在山東省濰坊市引起熱議。

Old partners-in-crime may well prefer him dead, and old cronies still in office could pull strings for him.
ECONOMIST: The old spymaster in the dock at last
Criminals who can pull strings with judges or police often walk free.
ECONOMIST: Mob law
He may, however, prefer to stay in the background and pull strings.
ECONOMIST: A far cry from real representation

to secretly use the influence you have over important people in order to get something or to help someone