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wheedling

/hweed-l, weed-l/US // ˈʰwid l, ˈwid l //UK // (ˈwiːdəl) //

苦苦哀求,苦口婆心,哀求,软磨硬泡

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v.有主动词 verb
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    whee·dled, whee·dling.

    • : to endeavor to influence by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
    • : to persuade by such words or acts: She wheedled him into going with her.
    • : to obtain by artful persuasions: I wheedled a new car out of my father.
v.无主动词 verb
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    whee·dled, whee·dling.

    • : to use beguiling or artful persuasions: I always wheedle if I really need something.

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Examples

  • Sadly, it sounded a little wheedling rather than simply right (which he is).

  • "No compriendo," he stammered, though I had heard him use good-enough English of a sort in wheedling for tips.

  • The lady in nankeen now began, in a wheedling, coaxing voice, to beg 'Kate' to appear.

  • I think she must have had a kind of notion that it was a coaxing, wheedling little stool.

  • He had a way of speaking that sounded uncivil to ears attuned to the soft Irish accent and the wheedling tone.

  • The reason he was now become so wheedling and she so mysterious was (in brief) that they knew they were about to be sent to bed.