svengali

noun

1. 斯文加利（指能控制他人思想的人或能使人干坏事的人）
   a person who has the power to control another person's mind, make them do bad things, etc.

1. So now youre just going to run around asking advice from everyone and be a modern day Svengali, controlling their minds?
   那么现在你准备开始导出跑来跑去向每个人寻求建议，然后成为一个当代版斯文加利（著名的催眠师），去控制他们的大脑了么？
2. I sent your money to that goddamn svengali.
   我把钱寄给那个心理医生。
3. 'I'm amazed,'says Takonkiet Viravan, the44-year-old Thai soap opera svengali who produced'Battle of the Angels'and other shows now making it big on the small screen in China.
   泰国44岁的肥皂剧大腕TakonkietViravan制作的《天使之争》和其他节目已经成为中国小荧屏上的大热门。他说，我很吃惊。
4. Might have been the other way around: Stalin acting as a Svengali on Lenin.
   可能会朝相反方向前进：斯大林对列宁表现的像一个斯文加利式人物。
5. Even if he jettisons Mr Ozawa, the chances are that he will rely on the man's Svengali like influence from behind the scenes.
   尽管他抛弃了小泽先生，他还是可以在幕后依靠人们斯文加利式（用过催眠让人们唯命是从）的影响来获得复兴的机会。
6. By this sleazy svengali, decided to end the relationship.
   决定结束这段畸形的关系。

noun

1. the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically

2. someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding