coax sb into doing sth
强调通过温柔、耐心的话语使某人愿意做某事。
She coaxed her son into eating his vegetables.
她哄儿子吃了蔬菜。
哄;劝诱;耐心摆弄
coaxes — third person singular of coax
用甜言蜜语或奉承逐渐说服(人、组织、动物等)做某事。;小心地操纵(某人或某物)使其达到特定的预期状态、情况或位置。;诱骗;耐心地摆弄
To persuade someone gently or by flattery, or to make something work with patient effort.
用甜言蜜语或奉承逐渐说服(人、组织、动物等)做某事。
To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
小心地操纵(某人或某物)使其达到特定的预期状态、情况或位置。
To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
一般现在时
She coaxes her little brother into eating vegetables.
她哄她弟弟吃蔬菜。
一般过去时
He coaxed the cat out from under the bed.
他把猫从床底下哄了出来。
现在进行时
They are coaxing the witness to tell the truth.
他们正在劝导目击者说出真相。
coax 常与 into 或 to 连用,表示温和地劝说或哄劝。
She coaxed the shy cat out from under the bed with a piece of fish.
她用一片鱼把害羞的猫从床底下哄了出来。
用法提示:coax 作及物动词,意为“哄、耐心劝诱”,此处用过去式 coaxed,后接宾语和方式状语。
The teacher tried to coax a smile from the worried student by telling a funny joke.
老师讲了个有趣的笑话,试图哄那个担忧的学生露出笑容。
用法提示:coax 此处为及物动词,意为“哄出、引导出”,后接宾语 a smile,介词 from 引出对象。
He spent hours coaxing the old radio back to life by gently adjusting the wires.
他花了好几个小时,轻轻调整电线,耐心地让那台旧收音机恢复了工作。
用法提示:coax 此处用 -ing 形式 coaxing,表示“耐心地摆弄使其恢复”,接宾语和补足语。
强调通过温柔、耐心的话语使某人愿意做某事。
She coaxed her son into eating his vegetables.
她哄儿子吃了蔬菜。
常用于信息、答案、笑容等抽象事物,暗示对方起初不愿意给。
The detective coaxed the truth out of the witness.
侦探从证人那里哄出了真话。
用于物体,表示靠耐心和技巧使某物移动、运转或恢复,对象常为机器、车辆等。
She coaxed the old car up the hill.
她凭耐心把那辆旧车一点点开上了山坡。
最通用的“说服”类动词,不强调方式;coax 更侧重温柔、耐心或带点哄骗的语气,persuade 通常靠讲道理或理由。
比 coax 更强调用讨好、奉承的言语打动对方,常带一点“哄骗”甚至贬义。
比 coax 更突出低声下气、阿谀或反复纠缠,通常暗示有明确的索取目的,多含贬义。
口语表达,指靠动听的话让人答应;coax 不一定只靠说话,也可指耐心安抚或摆弄东西。
grammar · medium
易错句子He coaxed his little brother stop crying.
正确表达He coaxed his little brother to stop crying.
coax 后接宾语再接带 to 的不定式(coax sb. to do sth.),不能像 make/let 那样用省略 to 的动词原形。把 stop 改成 to stop 才符合搭配,to 不能省。
grammar · medium
易错句子The detective coaxed the suspect telling the truth.
正确表达The detective coaxed the truth out of the suspect.
表示“哄出/套出某物”时,应使用 coax sth. out of sb. 结构,而不是 coax sb. doing sth.。原句用 telling the truth 作宾语补足语不符合 coax 的搭配,应把“真相”作宾语,用 out of 引出被劝说的人。
与 coax(哄劝)相对,指通过强力或威胁使人做某事,而非温和地诱导。
coax 使人安心顺从;intimidate 使人因害怕而顺从,与温和劝说相反。
coax 是耐心哄劝;bully 则用恐吓或欺压逼人就范。
coax 靠说服与体贴;pressure 靠施加压力或制造紧迫感让人行动。
coax 以协商口吻劝人;order 以权威或规则要求服从,不讲究温和劝诱。
coax 与 cajole 都指用温和的方式使人做事,但 cajole 常带奉承、讨好的意味,语气更正式;coax 更日常,可指哄孩子或耐心摆弄物件。
persuade 侧重通过讲道理或提出论据说服对方,coax 则侧重温柔、哄劝,不一定依靠道理。
coerce 表示用武力或威胁迫使对方做某事,与 coax 的温和哄劝恰好相反;二者拼写相近,容易混淆。
哄某人做某事
She coaxed her toddler into taking the medicine.
她哄着幼儿把药吃了。
从某人口中套出某事
The detective finally coaxed the truth out of the witness.
侦探终于从证人口中套出了真相。
把某人/某物哄回来
They tried to coax the frightened bird back into its cage.
他们试图把受惊的鸟哄回笼子里。
耐心地弄开某物
He coaxed the stiff window open.
他耐心地把卡住的窗户弄开了。
使某物恢复运转;把某物弄活
She coaxed the old engine into life.
她耐心地把那台旧发动机发动了起来。
轻轻地哄;耐心地摆弄
Gently coax the wires through the narrow gap.
轻轻地把电线穿过狭窄的缝隙。
coax 常借助奉承来打动对方。
用奖励来哄诱某人做某事是常见方式。
coax 强调耐心地引导。
coax 指温和地劝说,而非强迫。
孩子是常被哄的对象。
使某人不再羞怯,帮某人放开
The teacher tried to coax the quiet student out of her shell.
老师试图让那个安静的学生不再羞怯。
逗某人露出笑容
The clown coaxed a smile from the crying child.
小丑逗得那个哭泣的孩子露出了笑容。
使某物重新运转/恢复生机
He finally coaxed the old radio back to life.
他终于让那台旧收音机重新响了起来。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.