coax是什么意思，coax怎么用
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coax
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📰 外刊例句
Some personalities are immediately comfortable saying what they think; others need to be coaxed to share their opinions. 有些性格的人能够随时自如地说出自己的想法，而有些人要在循循诱导之下才能分享观点。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something
[动词] 温和且坚持不懈地说服（某人）做某事
💡 深入解读
Coax 一词词源不详，最早出现于1581年，用来表示“爱抚、抚弄”，不过这个含义现已不再流行。等到了17世纪60年代后， coax 才开始发展出现在的主要含义指“哄劝、劝诱”，即温和、友善、耐心且坚持不懈地说服某人做某事或去某个地方，
比如：
coax a smile from a baby哄婴儿一笑
She coaxed the customer into good humour.她把那顾客哄得高高兴兴。
They are plodding on with negotiations. One coaxes, the other coerces.他们正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸。
He was coaxed out of retirement to help the moribund company.而短语动词 coax sth out of sb 或者 coax sth from sb 则相应表示“连哄带劝地得到”，比如：他退休之后又被力劝出山帮助行将倒闭的公司。
coax a fire to burn从耐心劝诱这个概念出发， coax 还被用来引申指“耐心地摆弄”，也就是以极大的毅力并付出相当大的努力，通过非常缓慢和温和的操作来实现所需的状态或活动，比如：小心翼翼地把火弄旺
He would stride on stage then proceed to coax the sweetest possible sounds out of his fiddle.他会大步走上舞台，然后轻轻地拉他的小提琴，奏出美妙动听的曲调。
值得注意的是，在口语中 coax 也常用来简称“同轴电缆（coaxial cable）”。过去看电视常用的闭路线就是一种较为常见的同轴电缆。
📚 名著用例
Who has not seen a woman hide the dullness of a stupid husband , or coax the fury of a savage one? We accept this amiable slavishness, and praise a woman for it; we call this pretty treachery truth. 丈夫太愚蠢，做妻子的会想法替他遮掩；丈夫太凶横，做妻子的会甜言蜜语地叫他息怒，这样的情形谁没有见过？我们做男人的看到她们这样低眉顺眼，便大加赞扬，把这种粉饰过的伪诈称作忠诚。
— 出自《十九世纪英国批判现实主义作家威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackeray）创作的长篇小说《名利场》（ Vanity Fair ）。》
🔍 同近义词
- cajole: persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
- lure: tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward
- wheedle: use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something
