inveigled
past simple and past participle ofinveigle
| 单词 | inveigled |
| 释义 | inveigled past simple and past participle ofinveigle inveigle verb[T] formaluk/ɪnˈveɪ.ɡəl/us/ɪnˈveɪ.ɡəl/topersuadesomeone to do something in acleveranddishonestway, when they do notwantto do it: Hersontriedto inveigle herintogiving him themoneyfor acar. Compare coax cajole wheedledisapproving to persuade someone to do something
Urging & persuading
Examplesofinveigledinveigled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Nevertheless, even taking these points into consideration, we are persuaded that people had a tendency to initiate lawsuits on the spur of the moment, especially wheninveigledto do so. From theCambridge English Corpus We must not allow ourselves to be browbeaten,inveigledor hammered into giving up and letting others produce what we should produce ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no sort of respectability about the people who areinveigledinto this place to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no suggestion that they wereinveigledinto carrying out an operation which they would regard as unattractive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By bringing an offender into contact with other criminals he isinveigledinto and rehearsed into a life of crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a delicious but not unimportant excursion into which he hasinveigledus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often, they areinveigledinto situations in which, because they seek affection and want to be loved and wanted, they find themselves seriously compromised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often a woman wasinveigledinto signing one of these agreements because the instrument was there, very nicely polished, and looking very beautiful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is tragic that experienced members of the police force should beinveigled, after a certain number of years, into working for private industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of people wereinveigledinto the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What does that mean for the small shareholder who might beinveigledinto buying shares? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not propose to getinveigledinto an argument about that matter: it would be like an argument between direct labour and competitive tendering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet if war broke out in which we wereinveigledwe should at once find the money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wasinveigledinto answering by my noble friend's question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is one of the methods whereby people areinveigledinto insuring in many of these companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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