| 釋義 |
coax /ksuks; koks/ vt, vi [VP6A, 17, 15B, 14, 2A] ~ (from/into/out of), get sb or sth to do sth by kindness or patience: 以和善或耐性使某人或某物做某事; 哄誘; 勸誘： ~ a child to take its medicine; 哄小孩吃殮; ~ a fire to burn; 酎心使火燃燒起來(lái); 引火; ~ (up) the fire; 耐心地設(shè)法使燒火燒旺 (起來(lái)); ~ sb into/out of doing sth; 哄棄人做 (不做) 某事; ~ a smile from the baby. 逗嬰孩一笑。 ~ing n [U, C] being ~ed: (受) 哄誘; (受) 勸 D: give sb a ~ing. 勸誘某人。 He took a lot of ~ing before he agreed to take her to the theatre. 經(jīng)過(guò)很久的勸誘之后，他才答應(yīng)帶她去看戲。 ing-ly adv |