man·age /ˈmænɪʤ/
 (vt.)經營,管理,處理;設法,對付;操縱,運用(vi.)處理,辦理,設法對付


 man·age /ˈmænɪʤ/ 及物動詞



 MANAGE
 數據庫管理系統 MANAGE


 manage
 管理


 Man·age n.  The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.]
    Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold.   --Bacon.
 Down, down I come; like glistering Phaethon
 Wanting the manage of unruly jades.
    The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.   --Shak.
 Note: ☞ This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.


 Man·age v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed p. pr. & vb. n. Managing ]
 1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
    Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed.   --Sir I. Newton.
    What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain.   --Prior.
 2. Hence, Esp.: to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
    It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.   --Addison.
    It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant.   --Bp. Hurd.
 3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
 4. To treat with care; to husband.
 5. To bring about; to contrive.
 Syn: -- To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.


 Man·age, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
    Leave them to manage for thee.   --Dryden.

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 manage
      v 1: be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading
           us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She
           pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable
           of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
           [syn: pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off]
           [ant: fail]
      2: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with
         this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts";
         "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
         [syn: deal, care, handle]
      3: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just
         a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread
         every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do,
         contend, grapple, deal]
      4: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee,
          supervise, superintend]
      5: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
         [syn: wangle, finagle]
      6: carry on or manage; "We could do with a little more help
         around here" [syn: do]