coax
v[Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t]
1 ~ sb (into/out of (doing) sth) persuade sb gently or gradually 勸誘或哄勸某人
He coaxed her into letting him take her to the cinema. 他哄得她同意帶她去看電影.
She coaxed him out of his bad temper. 她循循善誘地勸他改掉壞脾氣.
coax a child to take its medicine 哄小孩兒吃藥
(fig 比喻) coax a fire with (ie make it burn by adding) paraffin 加上煤油把火點(diǎn)著.
2 (phr v) coax sth outof/from sb obtain sth from sb by gentle persuasion 用好言好語(yǔ)勸說(shuō)某人以得到某事物
I had to coax the information out of him. 我得用好話套出他掌握的情況.
She coaxed a smile from the baby. 她哄得嬰兒一笑.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[k?uks]vt. 哄, 誘騙, 耐心地?cái)[弄vi. 哄騙【計(jì)】 同軸電纜相關(guān)詞組: coax consent out of sb coax sb away
?? 同為「高中」詞匯
survivevi. 幸存,活下來(lái);
vt. 比…活得長(zhǎng),經(jīng)歷…之后還存在;幸存;
vt.& vi. 幸免于難;挺過(guò);艱難度過(guò);