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coax v.哄；诱骗；灵巧慢慢地做 (1) 母亲在后面小跑着，嘴里还在不断地说着好话哄我。(2) 我回来的目的，是从一个老太婆手上诱骗一笔数目可观的金钱，她碰巧是我母亲。 When you coax, you have to be nice about it – you can’t threaten or force. You put on a little charm and gently urge, so that the person or thing is happy about being coaxed. You might coax the runaway elephant back into the zoo by patting her gently and talking into her ear. If you wake up with a terrible bedhead, you might coax your hair back into place with the help of a little hair gel and a comb.

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英 [kəʊks] 美 [koʊks] (1) Mother ran after me, murmuring fine words to coax me.(2) I've come back to coax a respectable sum of money out of an aged woman who happens also to be my mother. When you coax someone, you try to convince him gently, with pleasant words and maybe a little flattery. You’ll have to be patient, as you can’t rush someone you’re trying to coax. 1[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。

英语单词	coax
英美音标	英 [kəʊks] 美 [koʊks]
中文释义	v.哄；诱骗；灵巧慢慢地做
英语例句	(1) Mother ran after me, murmuring fine words to coax me. (2) I've come back to coax a respectable sum of money out of an aged woman who happens also to be my mother.
中文例句	(1) 母亲在后面小跑着，嘴里还在不断地说着好话哄我。 (2) 我回来的目的，是从一个老太婆手上诱骗一笔数目可观的金钱，她碰巧是我母亲。
vocabulary简明	When you coax someone, you try to convince him gently, with pleasant words and maybe a little flattery. You’ll have to be patient, as you can’t rush someone you’re trying to coax.
vocabulary扩展	When you coax, you have to be nice about it – you can’t threaten or force. You put on a little charm and gently urge, so that the person or thing is happy about being coaxed. You might coax the runaway elephant back into the zoo by patting her gently and talking into her ear. If you wake up with a terrible bedhead, you might coax your hair back into place with the help of a little hair gel and a comb.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。

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