vt.
- 用好話勸，哄誘[（+into/out of）][O2]
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He
coaxed his elder sister into taking him to the circus.
他誘哄他姊姊帶他去看馬戲。
- 哄得，誘得[O][（+from）]
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The boy
coaxed a song from the little girl.
那男孩哄小女孩唱了個歌。
- 耐心地處理，慢慢將……弄好[（+into/out of）][O2]
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They
coaxed the grand piano through the door.
他們小心翼翼地把大鋼琴搬進門裡去。
vi.
- 勸誘，哄騙
n.
- 同軸電纜
片語
coax sb. into doing sth.
- 哄騙某人做某事
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I
coaxed him into taking me to a movie.
我說動了他帶我去看電影。
coax sb. out of doing sth.
- 哄騙某人不要做某事
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The mother
coaxed the daughter out of going to the party alone.
母親好言相勸，不讓女兒獨自去參加聚會。
衍生
辨析
coax1
/
kəʊks/
v.
persuade (someone) gradually or by flattery to do something.
▸use such persuasion to obtain (something).
▸arrange (something) carefully into a particular shape or position.
Derivative
- coaxer n.
- coaxing adj.
- coaxingly adv.
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘pet, fondle’): from obs. cokes ‘simpleton’, of unknown origin.
