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，傑尅請求他與國防部打通關(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