Word · Frequency #25299
wheedle
用甜言蜜语劝诱；哄骗
to influence or persuade someone by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- 1.
To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
用奉承哄骗或试图说服。
- 2.
To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.
通过奉承、欺骗或诡计获得。
用奉承哄骗或试图说服。；通过奉承、欺骗或诡计获得。；以甜言蜜语诱惑；用甜言蜜语骗；用甜言蜜语哄骗
In use
She wheedled her parents into letting her go to the party.
He wheedles extra cookies from his grandmother every weekend.
The child is wheedling his dad for a new toy.
wheedle someone into doing something
强调用讨好、奉承的方式慢慢说服某人做某事。
She wheedled her husband into buying her a new phone.
她甜言蜜语哄丈夫给她买了一部新手机。
wheedle something out of someone
指靠甜言蜜语从某人那里得到想要的东西或消息。
The reporter wheedled the details out of the press secretary.
记者用花言巧语从新闻发言人那里套出了细节。
wheedle one's way into something
固定的比喻用法，表示通过奉承、讨好进入某处或获得某种地位。
Connections
Collocations
- wheedle somebody into doing something
- 哄某人做某事
- She wheedled her father into buying her a new phone.她哄得父亲给她买了一部新手机。
- wheedle something out of somebody
- 从某人那里套出/骗得某物
- He wheedled the secret out of his sister.他花言巧语从姐姐那里套出了秘密。
- wheedle one's way into somewhere
- 靠甜言蜜语混进某处
- The reporter wheedled her way into the private event.那名记者用甜言蜜语混进了私人活动。
- wheedle a promise from somebody
- 从某人那里哄得承诺
- The child wheedled a promise from his mother to take him to the zoo.孩子哄得妈妈答应带他去动物园。
Idioms & figurative uses
- wheedle one's way into
- 靠甜言蜜语混入
Learner notes
Memory Tip
wheedle读似“微逗”：用甜言蜜语轻轻逗引对方，像哄小孩一样把人骗到答应，记住“微逗”就是哄骗。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学叙事、委婉或带修辞的请托 wheedle 多用于书面或较正式的语境，指用讨好、奉承或甜言蜜语让人答应某事，常带轻微的贬义或俏皮语气。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 needle（/ˈniːdəl/）押韵。wheel、wheeze 只有开头的 whee- 音相同，词尾不同。whittle、beetle 是形近词但读音不同：whittle 的 i 读 /ɪ/，beetle 词尾为 /təl/，均不与 wheedle 押韵。cuddle 仅结尾 -dle 拼写和 /dəl/ 音与 wheedle 相同，重读元音不同。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.