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

• 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。
• The self-denying pair had been occupied in coaxing the appetites of some of their sick parishioners, whom they, somewhat inconsistently, tried to keep imprisoned in the flesh, their own appetites being quite forgotten.
  原来两个只顾别人的老人，一心劝说他们教区里几个生病的教民吃饭，自相矛盾地要把他们囚禁在肉体的牢狱里①，而把他们自己吃饭的事全给忘了。
• 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。
• 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。
• It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed.
  劝说了很久他才同意。
• So he played a more coaxing game; and while never going beyond words, or attempting the renewal of caresses, he did his utmost orally.
  因此他就采取哄和劝的方法；他从来都不超越使用语言的界限，也没有再想到拥抱抚摸，他只是想尽量用言辞去打动她。
• In order to identify the bacteria in a blood sample or in a building's ventilation system, researchers or clinicians usually must start by coaxing it to grow in culture in the lab.
  为了识别一个血液样本或一个建筑物的通风系统中的细菌，研究员或者临床医生通常必须从获得样本开始到使它在实验室的培养基中生长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。