cajole
cajole 英 [kəˈdʒəʊl] 美 [kəˈdʒoʊl]
vt. 以甜言蜜语哄骗；勾引
进行时:cajoling 过去式:cajoled 过去分词:cajoled 第三人称单数:cajoles 名词复数:cajoles
- To cajole someone is to persuade them by using insincere compliments or promises. If you say "Please, pretty-please, I'll be your best friend," when asking for a stick of gum, you are cajoling the gum holder.
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- vt. 以甜言蜜语哄骗；勾引
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1. While we in government can lead, and convene, and even cajole, we can’t do it all.
虽然政府可以发挥倡导、召集甚至引导的作用，但是我们无法克竟全功。
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2. If they no longer do, that is because of the new vernaculars invented to cajole automatons into doing man’s bidding.
如果人们不再这样以为了，那是因为一些新的语言被发明了出来用于哄骗机器人，使之屈服于人类。
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3. Tragically, when I got knocked off my bicycle a while ago, I must have damaged the exact part of the brain that is used to cajole Chinese diplomatic staff into issuing visas.
富有悲剧意味的是，前一段时间我从自行车上摔下来，大脑里用来哄骗中国外交官给我颁发签证的那一部分细胞一定被摔坏了。
- cajole (v.) "deceive or delude by flattery," 1640s, from French cajoler "to cajole, wheedle, coax," a word of uncertain origin; perhaps a blend of Middle French cageoler "to chatter like a jay" (16c., from gajole, southern diminutive of geai "jay;" see jay (n.)), and Old French gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage" (see jail (n.)). Related: Cajoled; cajoling.
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