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coax

coax /kəʊks $ koʊks/ verb [transitiveT]  
1 PERSUADEto persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way 劝诱,哄;诱导
 ‘Please, Vic, come with us, ’ Nancy coaxed.
求你了,维克,跟我们一起去吧。南希哄劝道。
coax somebody into/out of (doing) something
 We had to coax Alan into going to school.
我们只好哄着艾伦去上学。
coax somebody to do something
 We watched the bear coax its cubs to enter the water.
我们看着那头熊哄小熊们下水。
coax somebody down/out/back etc
 Firefighters managed to coax the man down from the roof.
消防员们终于劝服那名男子从屋顶上下来。
see thesaurus at persuade
2 CAREFULto make something such as a machine do something by dealing with it in a slow, patient, and careful way 耐心地摆弄〔机器等〕
coax something out of/from/into etc something
 He coaxed a fire out of some dry grass and twigs.
他耐心地用一些干草和小树枝生了火。
 The driver coaxed his bus through the snow.
司机小心地驾驶着公共汽车穿过雪地。
3coax something out of/from somebody phrasal verbphr v to persuade someone to tell you something or give you something 哄劝〔某人〕说出〔某事〕;劝诱〔某人〕给〔某物〕
 I managed to coax some money out of Dad.
我软磨硬泡让爸爸拿出了一点钱。
coaxing noun [uncountableU]
 She needs a bit of gentle coaxing.
她需要一些温和耐心的劝导。
coaxingly adverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
Origin coax
(1500-1600) cokes stupid person ((16-17 centuries))
coax verb
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