cajole

英 [kə'dʒəʊl] 美 [kə'dʒoʊl]

• v. (以甜言蜜语)哄骗

英英释义

Verb:

1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;

   "He palavered her into going along"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It is difficult to cajole him into consent.
   骗取他的同意很难。
2. How can we cajole his father out of punishing him?
   我们怎样才能说服他的父亲不惩罚他呢?
3. They tried to cajole their daughter out of marrying him.
   他们试图用甜言蜜语诱使女儿打消跟他结婚的念头。

经典引文

• The populace..are not to be cajoled out of a ghost story by any of these plausible explanations.

  出自： W. Irving

• We tried to cajole him to write with s10 p. 1,000 for bait.

  出自： V. Woolf

• She cajoled him into getting things for her and then would not even let him kiss her.

  出自： T. Dreiser

词汇搭配

• cajole someone into doing something 哄骗某人做某事...
• cajole something out of someone 从某人处骗得某物...
• cajole someone out of doing something 哄骗某人做某事...

近反义词

【近义词】

• coax 哄
• wheedle (以甜言蜜语)诱惑...
• sweet-talk 奉承
• inveigle 诱骗
• persuade 说服
• entice 诱使
• flatter 奉承
• charm 魅力
• palaver 空谈
• blarney 奉承话