Online services like Facebook, Twitter and the like, are called out as masters of manipulation—making products so good that people can't stop using them.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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摆布,操纵,控制(他人)
If you say that someone manipulates people, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to do what they want.
If you say that someone manipulates an event or situation, you disapprove of them because they use or control it for their own benefit, or cause it to develop in the way they want.
If someone manipulates your bones or muscles, they skilfully move and press them with their hands in order to push the bones into their correct position or make the muscles less stiff.