1 VERB (通常指用肘)轻推，轻碰(以引起注意) If you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something. (通常指用肘)轻推，轻碰(以引起注意)
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I nudged Stan and pointed again. [VERB noun]
我轻轻推了推斯坦，又指了一下。
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'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee. [VERB noun]
“别这么干了，”他用膝盖轻轻碰了碰那个男孩说道。
SYN push, touch, dig, jog
2 VERB 轻轻地推动(或推向) If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there. 轻轻地推动(或推向)
3 VERB 劝说;鼓动 If you nudge someone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it. 劝说;鼓动
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Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest. [VERB noun + into]
鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。
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Foreigners must use their power to nudge the country towards greater tolerance. [V n + towards]
外国人必须动用他们的力量促使这个国家变得更加宽容。
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British tour companies are nudging clients to travel further afield. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
英国旅游公司正鼓动客户到更远的地方去旅游。
SYN prompt, influence, urge, persuade
4 VERB [usually cont] 几乎达到;接近 If someone or something is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it. 几乎达到;接近
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...a little-known stage play writer and actress who was nudging 40 and going nowhere. [VERB noun]
一个年近四旬、一事无成、寂寂无闻的舞台剧作者兼演员
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The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F. [VERB noun]
我们在的时候，那里温度接近80华氏度。
5 PHRASE [oft PHR n] 性关系;(尤指)性丑闻 If you refer to a nudge and a wink or to nudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way. 性关系;(尤指)性丑闻 [mainly British, journalism]
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The article then listed a series of nudge-nudge, wink-wink rumors that have appeared in newspapers over the last two years.
文章接下来列举了过去两年间报纸上出现过的一连串性丑闻传言。
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