jollying
present participle ofjolly
| 单词 | jollying |
| 释义 | jollying present participle ofjolly jolly verb[T+ adv/prep] informaluk/ˈdʒɒl.i/us/ˈdʒɑː.li/toencouragesomeone to do something by putting thatpersonin a goodmoodandpersuadingthemgently: I'lltryto jolly myparentsintolettingmeborrowthecarthisweekend. She didn't reallywantto go to theparty, so we had to jolly heralonga little. Urging & persuading
Phrasal verbjollysomethingup Examplesofjollyingjollying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It might even be said to bejollyingpeople along. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he try to equate his mind to the size of the problem instead ofjollyingalong with the puny figures now being produced? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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