coaxing

英 [ˈkəʊksɪŋ]

美 [ˈkoʊksɪŋ]

n.  试图劝诱; 耐心地发动(机器)
v.  哄劝; 劝诱
coax的现在分词

现在分词：coaxing　

BNC.46897 / COCA.33987

牛津词典

noun

• 试图劝诱；耐心地发动（机器）
  gentle attempts to persuade sb to do sth or to get a machine to start
  1. No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind.
     任你费尽口舌也不会说服我改变主意。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (用好话)劝诱，哄
  If youcoaxsomeoneintodoing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
  1. After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself...
     吃过午饭，她照看着博比，听他说话，哄他说说自己的事。
  2. The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
     政府承诺给他们发放暂住证，诱哄他们放弃罢工。
• VERB 连哄带劝地得到
  If youcoaxsomething such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you.
  1. The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim...
     昨天，这名女警谈到自己在诱导年轻的受害人说出重要信息的过程中所起的作用。
  2. It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging consent from the French King.
     路易斯连哄带骗，直到复活节才勉强得到法国国王的许可。
• VERB 小心地摆弄(机器或装置)
  If youcoaxa machine or device into doing something, you make it work by operating it very slowly and gently.
  1. He would stride on stage then proceed to coax the sweetest possible sounds out of his violin...
     他会大步走上舞台，然后轻轻地拉他的小提琴，奏出美妙动听的曲调。
  2. He was delighted to coax the monoplane to 330 m.p.h.
     这架单翼飞机在他的摆弄下时速达到了每小时330英里，他感到很高兴。

英英释义

noun

• flattery designed to gain favor
  Synonym:blarneysoft soapsweet talk

adj

• pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade
  1. a coaxing and obsequious voice
  2. her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable
  Synonym:ingratiatory

双语例句

• He had been pampering, and coaxing, and indulging that individual all his life.
  他一生都在姑息、迁就、纵容那家伙。
• Think of a person, be at oneself sad sad of time, the meeting feel to need his bosom to embrace very much, needing him has been coaxing me nearby at me.
  想念一个人，就是在自己伤心难过的时候，会觉得非常需要他的怀抱，需要他在我的身边，一直哄着我。
• Door-handles that did not work without coaxing.
  得小心摆弄才听使唤的门把手。
• Slightly wary, they jostled together more tightly, coaxing the baby towards the centre of the group.
  我们的行为让它们略微警觉起来，它们更紧密地挤在一起，将小象哄到中间。
• Were now supporting reform and badly needed national reconciliation through assistance and investment, through coaxing and, at times, public criticism.
  现在，通过投资援助、公开批评与感召劝服，我们支持缅甸改革、支持缅甸人民渴望的民族和解。
• But by dint of much coaxing and teasing, Aunt Xue kept him from drinking too many cups before the wine was whisked away.
  幸而薛姨妈千哄万哄的，只容他吃了几杯，就忙收过了。
• Schools work round this by coaxing answers from their science students and hiring professors with science backgrounds.
  商学院通过耐心引导理科学生给出答案和聘用具有理科背景的教授来解决这个问题。
• The baby put her back up and would not eat the cereal in spite of mother's coaxing.
  婴儿倔强起来，不管妈妈怎么哄，她就是不吃麦片。
• Peasants wade knee deep in mud, coaxing water buffalo to pull ploughs.
  农民跋涉在没膝深的泥泞中，赶着牛在犁地。
• With Rio Ferdinand suffering from back spasms, Vidic has stepped up as the defensive organiser, coaxing the best out of the inexperienced Rafael and Jonny Evans.
  由于里奥·费迪南德背部受伤，维迪奇担任防守组织。他巧妙调动无经验的拉斐尔和强尼埃文斯使其发挥更佳。