Coax
[kəʊks] or [koks]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.
(n.) A simpleton; a dupe.
手打:蒙塔古
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Wheedle, cajole, flatter, cog, persuade by fondling, prevail upon by flattery.
达琳錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Wheedle, fawn, flatter, call, ole, persuade, overcome, seduce, allure,circumvent
ANT:Intimidate, coerce, impel, instigate, drive
詹森錄入
解釋/意思:
v.t. to persuade by fondling or flattery: to humour or soothe: to pet.—ns. Coax Coax′er one who coaxes.—adv. Coax′ingly.
伊妮德編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Now,' says I, 'why can't you kinder coax 'em up, and speak 'em fair? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- She is not obliged to say what she is going to do with it; she is sharp enough; she could manage to coax it out of him, if she chose. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Of these she contrived to coax three or four to walk with her to my house; but, alas! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Come Eliza, why do you try to coax him, when you know that he has got to be kept away from you? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Once--but once--she noticed the desertion, and holding out her white hand, and speaking softly, tried to coax him back. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Don't think to coax me between you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Shall we coax our old intriguer to tell us when he saw him last? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She might have coaxed me to say no if I had been the hardest-hearted duenna in the world. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- So I coax it down again, as the fisherman coaxed the genie. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Soon after dinner Caroline coaxed her governess-cousin upstairs to dress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She talked to Elizabeth again and again; coaxed and threatened her by turns. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Esther nursed them, coaxed them to sleep, washed and dressed them, told them stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes--My dear girl! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He cringed and coaxed Rawdon at the club. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She had pretty, coaxing ways, as you might say, and I thought there was no harm in letting her just put her head through the door. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Neither threats nor coaxing could avail: he could not count on any persistent fear nor on any promise. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She had almost got a second supply out of me the other day; with her coaxing ways. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Of course he could not feel real anger on his side: the match was too unequal in every way; he tried soothing and coaxing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I had gone up to ask him about you, and he was very offensive; accused me of coaxing you away from the service of the firm, and that sort of thing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The discourse seemed well adapted to their capacities, and was delivered in a pleasing, familiar manner, coaxing them, as it were, to be good. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding, he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
校對:伊薇特