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小词详解 | coax
coax 英 [kəʊks] 美 [koʊks]
Some personalities are immediately comfortable saying what they think; others need to be coaxed to share their opinions.
有些性格的人能够随时自如地说出自己的想法,而有些人要在循循诱导之下才能分享观点。
——《经济学人》If I'm ever in a similar situation again, I'll know that you don't have to try to coax somebody out of depression.
如果我再遇到类似的情况,我就会知道你不必试图哄某人摆脱抑郁。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 温和且坚持不懈地说服(某人)做某事
哄婴儿一笑
coax a smile from a baby她把那顾客哄得高高兴兴。
She coaxed the customer into good humour.他们正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。一个唱红脸,一个唱白脸。
They are plodding on with negotiations. One coaxes, the other coerces.
他退休之后又被力劝出山帮助行将倒闭的公司。
He was coaxed out of retirement to help the moribund company.
小心翼翼地把火弄旺
coax a fire to burn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。
He would stride on stage then proceed to coax the sweetest possible sounds out of his fiddle.
Who has not seen a woman hide the dullness of a stupid husband, or coax the fury of a savage one? We accept this amiable slavishness, and praise a woman for it; we call this pretty treachery truth.
丈夫太愚蠢,做妻子的会想法替他遮掩;丈夫太凶横,做妻子的会甜言蜜语地叫他息怒,这样的情形谁没有见过?我们做男人的看到她们这样低眉顺眼,便大加赞扬,把这种粉饰过的伪诈称作忠诚。
cajole: persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery lure: tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward wheedle: use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something