coax
coax 英 [kəʊks] 美 [koʊks]
vt. 哄；哄诱；慢慢将…弄好 vi. 哄骗；劝诱
进行时:coaxing 过去式:coaxed 过去分词:coaxed 第三人称单数:coaxes 名词复数:coaxes
- When you coax someone, you try to convince him gently, with pleasant words and maybe a little flattery. You’ll have to be patient, as you can’t rush someone you’re trying to coax.
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- vt. 哄；哄诱；慢慢将…弄好
- vi. 哄骗；劝诱
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1. Whenever a car backfires, I have to coax them out from under the couch.
每次外面有汽车回火爆响，我都要好说歹说才能把他们从沙发底下哄出来。
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2. To further coax them into the classroom, he gives his students brief quizzes before each class.
为了把学生“哄进”课堂，他在每节课上课前给学生一个简短的测验。
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3. When the girl sat glumly, the mother was instructed not to coax her into playing, but simply describe what she was doing.
当女孩闷闷不乐地坐下时，治疗师指导妈妈不要哄她去玩，而只是叙述女儿正在做什么。
- coax (v.) 1660s, "lure with flattery and fondling," also in early use "treat endearingly" (1580s); "make a fool of, impose upon" (1670s), probably derived from slang phrases such as make a coax of, from noun coax, cox, cokes "a fool, ninny, simpleton" (1560s), which is of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (n.1) in some sense. OED speculates that the verb was in vulgar use long before it appeared in writing, thus the order of appearance of the senses is not that of the sense development. Meaning "to manage or guide carefully" is from 1841. Related: Coaxed; coaxing.
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