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coax

verb
/kəʊks/
/kəʊks/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they coax
/kəʊks/
/kəʊks/
he / she / it coaxes
/ˈkəʊksɪz/
/ˈkəʊksɪz/
past simple coaxed
/kəʊkst/
/kəʊkst/
past participle coaxed
/kəʊkst/
/kəʊkst/
-ing form coaxing
/ˈkəʊksɪŋ/
/ˈkəʊksɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to persuade somebody to do something by talking to them in a kind and gentle way哄劝;劝诱 synonym cajole
    • 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 Examples
    • He 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。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    verb + coax
    • try to
    • manage to
    • fail to
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • out of
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    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’.

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