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

• That check-up this month, the doctor lets the baby measure the hemoglobin again, good wretchedness the baby encounters one needle of the finger again, just coaxing now to her and starting cry!
  这个月该体检了，医生又让宝宝去测血红素，好可怜宝宝又遭手指头上的一针，刚把她哄住现在又开始哭了！
• If equity markets go sideways for the foreseeable future, coaxing clients from their low-margin boltholes will be harder still.
  如果在可预见的未来，股市横盘整理，那么劝说客户离开低利润率的避难所将变得更为困难。
• 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。
• It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed.
  劝说了很久他才同意。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her voice is normally a hearty coaxing voice, very confident, very appealing, very hard to resist.
  她说话的声音亲切而讨人喜欢很自信，很带感染力，很难抗拒。
• He had a way of coaxing extra performance out of tired machinery.
  他想方设法延长旧机器的使用寿命。
• 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。
• A coaxing and obsequious voice.
  一个花言巧语、巴结奉承的声音。