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

• 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。
• Despite coaxing from passengers and crew, the man did not cover his mouth, sending fellow travelers scurrying for face masks to protect themselves from germs.
  尽管其他乘客和空乘人员屡屡相劝，这名男子还是没有遮住自己的嘴巴，于是其他乘客纷纷戴起口罩，保护自己免受病菌的侵害。
• Schools work round this by coaxing answers from their science students and hiring professors with science backgrounds.
  商学院通过耐心引导理科学生给出答案和聘用具有理科背景的教授来解决这个问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Were now supporting reform and badly needed national reconciliation through assistance and investment, through coaxing and, at times, public criticism.
  现在，通过投资援助、公开批评与感召劝服，我们支持缅甸改革、支持缅甸人民渴望的民族和解。
• There was coaxing, with the Americans telling the Chinese they could improve their image as good economic citizens if they would adopt the u.s.program.
  有利诱-教导中国人如按美国计划行事的话，就有可能做全球经济中的良民。
• It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed.
  劝说了很久他才同意。
• 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。
• 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。