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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
coaxing — present participle of coax
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哄；劝诱；耐心摆弄
To persuade someone gently or by flattery, or to make something work with patient effort.
She coaxed her son into eating his vegetables.
她哄儿子吃了蔬菜。
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.
coax
Base
原形
coaxes
3rd person
第三人称单数
coaxing
-ing
现在分词
coaxed
Past
过去式
coaxed
Past participle
过去分词
She coaxes her little brother into eating vegetables.
她哄她弟弟吃蔬菜。
He coaxed the cat out from under the bed.
他把猫从床底下哄了出来。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He coaxed his little brother stop crying.
Use this
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。
Not this
The detective coaxed the suspect telling the truth.
Use this
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。
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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。
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。
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coax 谐音“扣克斯”：像用话语扣住人心，软磨硬泡地哄。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话/哄劝、销售或协商、调试旧设备/机器 coax 作动词时通常表示用温柔、耐心的话哄劝某人，或费力摆弄使机器运作，多用于日常口语和一般书面语；作名词时是 coaxial cable（同轴电缆）的简称，比较口语化，常见于技术或非正式讨论。
These words all rhyme with coax, sharing the final /əʊks/ sound: hoax, oaks, soaks, jokes, folks, strokes. Watch out for lookalikes that sound different: coach /kəʊtʃ/, coat /kəʊt/, coast /kəʊst/, and coats /kəʊts/ do not end in /ks/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.