[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
mid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln 'cringe, fawn', from Wedel 'tail, fan'