coax
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they coax | |
| he / she / it coaxes | |
| past simple coaxed | |
| past participle coaxed | |
| -ing form coaxing |
to persuade somebody to do something by talking to them in a kind and gentle way 哄劝；劝诱 - coax somebody/something (into doing something)
She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。 - coax somebody/something (into/out of something)
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。 - coax somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)
Police managed to coax the man down from the ledge. 警察设法把那个人从窗台上哄了下来。 - (figurative)
She had to coax the car along. 她得耐着性子发动汽车往前开。 - coax (somebody/something) + speech
‘Nearly there,’ she coaxed. “快要到啦。” 她哄着说。 - coax somebody/something (to do something)
She gently coaxes them to speak about their experiences. 她温和地哄他们谈论他们的经历。
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc2He gently coaxed life back into my frozen toes. 他轻轻揉搓我冻僵的脚趾，使其逐渐恢复了知觉。 She never failed to coax good results out of her pupils. 她总能耐心地诱导学生得出好成绩。 ‘Come on, just a little bit further,’ he coaxed. “来吧，再往前一点，”他哄道。 She had coaxed, cajoled and bribed the boys to do what she wanted. 她哄骗、哄骗和贿赂男孩做她想做的事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- try to
- manage to
- fail to
- …
- from
- into
- out of
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete cokes ‘simpleton’, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘fondle’, hence ‘persuade by caresses or flattery’, the underlying sense being ‘make a simpleton of’.- coax somebody/something (into doing something)