wheedle
verb[I,T+ adv/prep]
disapprovinguk/ˈwiː.dəl/us/ˈwiː.dəl/totrytopersuadesomeone to do something or give you something bypraisingthem or beingintentionallycharming:
哄骗；用花言巧语说服；诓骗She's one of thosechildrenwho can wheedle youintogiving her anything shewants.她这个孩子，可以用甜言蜜语哄得你给她任何她想要的东西。
She wasn'tinvited, butsomehowshemanagedto wheedle herway in.她没有被邀请，可她不知怎么连哄带骗地混了进来。
Itrieddifferentapproaches- I wheedled,threatened,demanded,cajoled.各种办法我都试过了——连哄带骗、威逼利诱、强烈要求、甜言蜜语。
Synonyms
cajole
coax
inveigleformal
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.
Urging & persuading
- ambulance-chasing
- argumentation
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- blag
- blagger
- chivvy
- fob
- induce
- inveigle
- lean
- lean onsomeone/something
- miseducate
- miseducation
- overencourage
- soft sell
- urge
- woo
- work onsomething
- wrap
- wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom