wheedle

wheedle
verb
  1. [no obj.]employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something
    (用谄媚,花言巧语等)哄骗
    you can contrive to wheedled your way on to a playing field.
    你可以说说好话,想办法溜进运动场。
    [with direct speech]‘Please, for my sake,’ he wheedled.
    “就算为了我吧,”他花言巧语道。
    ■[withobj.](wheedle someone into doing something)coax or persuade someone to do something
    哄骗某人做某事
    ■[withobj.](wheedle something out of)coax or persuade (someone) to say or give something
    用花言巧语骗取(某人)某物
派生
wheedler
noun
wheedlingly
adverb
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln 'cringe, fawn', from Wedel 'tail, fan'
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