Coax

(v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.

(n.) A simpleton; a dupe.

手打:蒙塔古

• Now,' says I, 'why can't you kinder coax 'em up, and speak 'em fair? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• She is not obliged to say what she is going to do with it; she is sharp enough; she could manage to coax it out of him, if she chose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Of these she contrived to coax three or four to walk with her to my house; but, alas! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Come Eliza, why do you try to coax him, when you know that he has got to be kept away from you? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Once--but once--she noticed the desertion, and holding out her white hand, and speaking softly, tried to coax him back. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Don't think to coax me between you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Shall we coax our old intriguer to tell us when he saw him last? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She might have coaxed me to say no if I had been the hardest-hearted duenna in the world. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• So I coax it down again, as the fisherman coaxed the genie. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Soon after dinner Caroline coaxed her governess-cousin upstairs to dress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She talked to Elizabeth again and again; coaxed and threatened her by turns. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Esther nursed them, coaxed them to sleep, washed and dressed them, told them stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes--My dear girl! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He cringed and coaxed Rawdon at the club. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She had pretty, coaxing ways, as you might say, and I thought there was no harm in letting her just put her head through the door. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Neither threats nor coaxing could avail: he could not count on any persistent fear nor on any promise. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She had almost got a second supply out of me the other day; with her coaxing ways. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Of course he could not feel real anger on his side: the match was too unequal in every way; he tried soothing and coaxing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I had gone up to ask him about you, and he was very offensive; accused me of coaxing you away from the service of the firm, and that sort of thing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The discourse seemed well adapted to their capacities, and was delivered in a pleasing, familiar manner, coaxing them, as it were, to be good. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding, he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

校对:伊薇特