jawboning
present participle ofjawbone
| 单词 | jawboning |
| 释义 | jawboning present participle ofjawbone jawbone verb[IorT] USinformaluk/ˈdʒɔː.bəʊn/us/ˈdʒɑː.boʊn/totalkto someone,especiallytotrytopersuadethem to do something: Congresswoman Weintrob jawbonedlocalofficialsabouttheirresponsibilitiestoward theimmigrantcommunity. Synonym schmoozeinformal Lecturing & addressing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Urging & persuading Examplesofjawboningjawboning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Finally, the matter of encouraging faculty to seek system-related experiences on their sabbaticals is more a matter of "jawboning" than something that requires major reorganization of academic procedures. From theCambridge English Corpus I can see that henpecking will be the equivalent ofjawboningin our economy for the immediate future. 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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