coax
verb/kəʊks/
/kəʊks/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they coax | /kəʊks/ /kəʊks/ |
| he / she / it coaxes | /ˈkəʊksɪz/ /ˈkəʊksɪz/ |
| past simple coaxed | /kəʊkst/ /kəʊkst/ |
| past participle coaxed | /kəʊkst/ /kəʊkst/ |
| -ing form coaxing | /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/ /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/ |
- to persuade somebody to do something by talking to them in a kind and gentle way
哄劝；劝诱 - coax somebody/something (into doing something) She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer.
她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。 - coax somebody/something (into/out of something) He was coaxed out of retirement to help the failing company.
他退休之后又被力劝出山帮助濒临破产的公司。 - coax somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) Police managed to coax the man down from the ledge.
警察设法将这名男子从窗台上救下来。 - (figurative) She had to coax the car along.
她得耐着性子发动汽车往前开。 - coax (somebody/something) + speech ‘Nearly there,’ she coaxed.
“快要到啦。”她哄着说。 - coax somebody/something (to do something) She gently coaxes them to speak about their experiences.
她温柔地哄他们讲述自己的经历。
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc2- He gently coaxed life back into my frozen toes.
他轻轻揉搓我冻僵的脚趾，使其逐渐恢复了知觉。 - She never failed to coax good results out of her pupils.
她总能耐心地诱导学生得出好成绩。 - ‘Come on, just a little bit further,’ he coaxed.
“来吧，再远一点，”他哄道。 - She had coaxed, cajoled and bribed the boys to do what she wanted.
她哄骗、哄骗、贿赂男孩们，让他们做她想做的事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- try to
- manage to
- fail to
- …
- from
- into
- out of
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete cokes ‘simpleton’, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘fondle’, hence ‘persuade by caresses or flattery’, the underlying sense being ‘make a simpleton of’. - coax somebody/something (into doing something) She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer.