persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure; "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"; "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree"
例句与用法
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Arm-twisting and the brute use of patronage power were not the secret of the byrd machine's success . 施加压力和粗暴地使用恩主权力,已不是伯德机器取得成功的什么秘密。