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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。
用甜言蜜语劝诱；哄骗
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用甜言蜜语劝诱；哄骗
to influence or persuade someone by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
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。
用奉承哄骗或试图说服。
To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
通过奉承、欺骗或诡计获得。
To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.
wheedle
Base
原形
wheedles
3rd person
第三人称单数
wheedling
-ing
现在分词
wheedled
Past
过去式
wheedled
Past participle
过去分词
She wheedles her way into every party.
她总是用甜言蜜语混进每一场派对。
He wheedled a raise out of his boss.
他靠甜言蜜语从老板那里哄来了加薪。
They are wheedling me into lending them money.
他们正在哄骗我借钱给他们。
wheedle 指用甜言蜜语或讨好来劝诱某人，常用于 wheedle sb into doing sth 或 wheedle sth out of sb 结构。
She wheedled her parents into letting her go to the party.
她用甜言蜜语哄得父母同意她去参加聚会。
He wheedles extra cookies from his grandmother every weekend.
他每个周末都向奶奶花言巧语讨到额外的曲奇饼干。
The child is wheedling his dad for a new toy.
那个孩子正在用甜言蜜语缠着爸爸要一个新玩具。
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。
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。
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。
He wheedled his way into the VIP lounge.
他靠花言巧语混进了贵宾休息室。
Not this
She wheedled him to lend her his car.
Use this
She wheedled him into lending her his car.
wheedle 表示“哄/劝诱某人做某事”时，后接 into + 动名词，不能按汉语“哄某人做某事”用 to do 不定式。把 to lend 改为 into lending 后，才能表达“用甜言蜜语劝得他借车给她”。
Not this
He wheedled her money.
Use this
He wheedled money out of her.
wheedle 表示“从某人那里弄到某物”时，固定搭配是 wheedle something out of somebody；直接说 wheedle her money 会让“她的钱”变成被哄骗的对象，语义不通。改为 money out of her 才符合“从她那里骗到手”的意思。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
靠甜言蜜语混入
She wheedled her way into the exclusive club by flattering the members.
她靠奉承会员们设法混进了那个高级俱乐部。
用哄骗从某人那里得到某物
The child wheedled the truth out of his mother.
孩子连哄带骗地从妈妈那里套出了实话。
用甜言蜜语劝某人做某事
He wheedled his friend into lending him the car.
他连哄带劝地让朋友把车借给了他。
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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。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.