coaxes

英 [ˈkəʊksɪz] 美 [ˈkoʊksɪz]

v.  哄劝; 劝诱
coax的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB (用好话)劝诱，哄
    If you coax someone into doing 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。
  2. VERB 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.
    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。
  3. VERB 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.
    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。
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双语例句

  1. One coaxes, the other coerces.
    一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸。
  2. In the1994 movie "the last seduction," a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money.
    1994年的电影《最后的诱惑》中，一个女人为了钱哄骗她的情人杀死了她的丈夫。
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