triangulate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To locate by means of triangulation.
    — "I'll give you a check now," I said abruptly, and saw Selina's green eyes triangulate angrily on my face.
  2. To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
    — Cruz, meanwhile, could wind up in the hot seat as he tries to triangulate between his disagreement with Trump’s position and his clear unwillingness to openly attack.
  3. To divide into triangles.
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of triangular. not-comparable

词形变化

triangulates present,singular,third-person triangulating participle,present triangulated participle,past triangulated past

词汇关系

衍生词
retriangulate triangulator

词源

词源 1
From Latin triangulum + -ate or Medieval Latin *triangulāt-, the past participial stem of *triangulō. Compare French trianguler.
词源 2
From Latin triangulātus. By surface analysis, tri- + angulate.
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