To coax someone is to gently persuade them to do something by talking to them kindly. This can also apply to gently operating a machine to make it work.
To coax someone is to gently persuade them to do something by talking to them kindly. This can also apply to gently operating a machine to make it work.
[VERB 动词](用好话)劝诱，哄 If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
[V n prep]
[V n to-inf]
[Also V n]
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。
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。
2
[VERB 动词]连哄带劝地得到 If you coax something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you.
[V n out of/from n]
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。
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。
3
[VERB 动词]小心地摆弄(机器或装置) If you coax a machine or device into doing something, you make it work by operating it very slowly and gently.
[V n prep]
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。
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。
Oxford
coax/kəʊks; NAmEkoʊks/verbto persuade sb to do sth by talking to them in a kind and gentle way 哄劝；劝诱SYN
cajole
coaxsb/sth (into doing sth) ◆She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer.她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。coaxsb/sth (into/out of sth) ◆He was coaxed out of retirement to help the failing company.他退休之后又被力劝出山帮助濒临破产的公司。coaxsb/sth (+ adv./prep.) ◆She had to coax the car along.她得耐着性子发动汽车往前开。coax(sb/sth) + speech ◆‘Nearly there,’ she coaxed.“快要到啦。”她哄着说。PHRASAL VERBcoax sth out of/from sbto gently persuade sb to do sth or give you sth 哄劝；哄诱得到◆The director coaxed a brilliant performance out of the cast.导演花言巧语地说服演员组做了一场精彩的表演。coaxcoaxescoaxedcoaxingcoax/kəʊks; NAmEkoʊks/
LDC
coaxcoax /kəʊks $ koʊks/ verb [transitive]
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1to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way: ‘Please, Vic, come with us,’ Nancy coaxed.coax somebody into/out of (doing) something We had to coax Alan into going to school.coax somebody to do something We watched the bear coax its cubs to enter the water.coax somebody down/out/back etc Firefighters managed to coax the man down from the roof.► see thesaurus at
persuade
2to make something such as a machine do something by dealing with it in a slow, patient, and careful waycoax something out of/from/into etc something He coaxed a fire out of some dry grass and twigs. The driver coaxed his bus through the snow.—coaxing noun [uncountable]: She needs a bit of gentle coaxing.—coaxingly adverbcoax out of/from phrasal verbto persuade someone to tell you something or give you something: I managed to coax some money out of Dad.
WDF
coax
[kəʊks]coaxed, coaxing, coaxes
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coaxing[211]
哄(86%)，诱骗(8%)，灵巧慢慢地做(6%)
vt.哄；哄诱；慢慢将…弄好
vi.哄骗；劝诱
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