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 a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
  即使是最难摆弄的发动机他都有本事搞定。
• A coaxing and obsequious voice; her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable.
  诱哄顺从的声音；她的样子文静又顺从，有点过于顺从。
• The pressures of parenting are relentless, and sometimes it's easier to stick a frozen pizza in the microwave than fuss with coaxing kids to whole grains and leafy greens.
  抚养子女的压力是无止境的，有时站在微波炉前守住一块冷冻披萨比过于计较要哄骗孩子吃全谷食品和绿叶蔬菜更容易。
• For six days, Barb Mazzola and her children put out food and milk for the nervous animal, eventually coaxing her inside their house in West Palm Beach.
  六天来，巴伯马佐拉和她的孩子们一直给这只紧张兮兮的小猫喂食物与牛奶，最后又把它带到位于西棕榈滩的家中。
• It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed.
  劝说了很久他才同意。
• 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。
• 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。
• Having two major digital-content retailers coaxing users to store their content in the cloud could speed up adoption of both iCloud and Cloud Drive.
  目前，这两家主要的数字内容零售商都在诱使用户将内容储存在云上，将同时加速iCloud和CouldDrive的普及率。
• Teachers at Hua make tremendous effort in guiding and coaxing students to pronounce, stress, and intonate words, phrases, and sentences correctly.
  花老师的老师们致力于引导我们的学生如何把字音、片语、甚至句音的发音、重音、及语调正确的表达出来。
• Her voice was as overwarm as if she were coaxing a sky child.
  她的声音过分亲切，像是在哄害羞的孩子。