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单词 coaxed
释义
coaxed
past simple and past participle ofcoax
coax
verb[T]
uk
/kəʊks/us
/koʊks/
topersuadesomeonegentlyto do something or gosomewhere, by beingkindandpatient, or byappearingto be:
Perhaps you could coaxyourfatherintotakingyou to thestation.
Amotherwas coaxing herreluctantchildinto thewater.
a coaxingvoice
Synonyms
cajole
inveigleformal
wheedledisapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to persuade someone to do something
  • persuadeIf she doesn't want to do it, nothing you say will persuade her.
  • convinceThe lawyer convinced the jury of the man's innocence.
  • talk someone intoShe managed to talk me into going along.
  • talk someone out ofI think I've talked him out of leaving the country.
  • dissuadeI tried to dissuade her from leaving.
  • cajoleHe really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
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tomanageto get something to do something, or something tohappen, by being verypatientand takinggreatcare:
Stemcellsare coaxedtogrowinto avarietyofcellsto beinjectedintopatients.
She coaxed theplanein for thelanding.
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  • Officershelpedcoax him down from theroofwith theassistanceofcenterstaff.
  • He has coaxedlawenforcementagenciesintoagreeingto the newprotocol.
  • Researchers have coaxedclonedrhesus macaqueembryostogrowto the blastocyststage.
  • Maintaining aproperalkalinityplusfrequentwettinganddryingcyclescan coaxsoiltoretainmorecarbondioxide.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Urging & persuading
  • ambulance-chasing
  • argumentation
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • blag
  • blagger
  • chivvy
  • fob
  • induce
  • inveigle
  • jolly
  • lean
  • lean onsomeone/something
  • miseducate
  • miseducation
  • overencourage
  • soft sell
  • urge
  • work onsomething
  • wrap
  • wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
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Paying attention and being careful

Related words

coaxing
coaxingly

Phrasal verb

coaxsomethingout ofsomeone
(Definition ofcoaxedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcoaxed

coaxed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They were in no waycoaxedby the military.
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Where the moderatescoaxed, appeased and conciliated, the radicals preferred to cajole, to threaten and to force.
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Here we concentrated on whether the infant could becoaxedinto giving the spatula to the stranger, and simply rated whether this occurred.
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This means that if central guidelines are to be implemented, lower levels of government must becoaxedor forced to comply.
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Evocatively silhouetted in profile, as artist and instrument seemed for an extended moment to fuse into a single entity, hecoaxedsome husky, blues-inflected tunings at pianissimo levels.
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Sustainable resource management is intertwined with sustainable development in fisheries since resource stocks must be harvested at sustainable target harvest rates and overfished stockscoaxedback to target stock levels.
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The women of this country are not asking to becoaxed; they are asking to be controlled.
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They werecoaxedinto the profession and came in with the highest ideals.
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We can becoaxed; we cannot be driven.
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The new definitions will need to becoaxedinto our taxation case law.
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He was eventuallycoaxedinto a car which took him back to the observation ward.
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I have not yet beencoaxedinto that activity.
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People will have to be marketed to, targeted,coaxedand enticed by the financial institutions, and that will cost money.
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Where, one might ask, is the old-fashioned nursing that would havecoaxedthe frail into taking the nourishment essential for their recovery and well-being?
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Between them, theycoaxedout of him, elegantly as ever, a willingness to tell us about secondary legislation.
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