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They were grasping and manipulative.是什么意思？

They were grasping and manipulative.

他们贪得无厌而且喜欢摆布人。

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they were grasping and manipulative

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

grasping

adj. <贬>（尤指对钱）贪心的，贪婪的；v. 抓住( grasp的现在分词 )，了解，急忙抓住，急切（或贪婪）地抓住；

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

manipulative

adj. 巧妙处理的，操作的，用手处理的，管理的；
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