wheedle
/ˈhwiːdl/verb
no obj.
1- employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something(用谄媚, 花言巧语等)哄骗:
you can contrive to wheedle your way on to a playing field
你可以说说好话, 想办法溜进运动场
with direct speech 'Please, for my sake, ' he wheedled.“就算为了我吧,"他花言巧语道。
1.1
- with obj.
wheedle someone into doing something
coax or persuade someone to do something哄骗某人做某事。
1.2
- with obj.
wheedle something out of
coax or persuade (someone) to say or give something用花言巧语骗取(某人)某物, 哄骗(某人)说出。
派生词
wheedler
nounwheedlingly
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln 'cringe, fawn', from Wedel 'tail, fan'.