
词汇释义
cajole TEM8 GRE
UK /kəˈdʒəʊl/ US /kəˈdʒoʊl/
verb, If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time. 哄骗,劝诱,说服
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外刊例句
1. Garth said that teenage friends of his would sometimes cajole motormen into letting them drive the streetcars into town from Glen Echo late at night.(Washington Post)
2. Biden’s style of old-school, one-on-one cajoling may be less persuasive for senators from either party who cultivate their own brands and don’t necessarily rely on proximity to presidential power to raise their profiles.(Washington Times)
3. This was the ground he traversed for so many years as he rushed to catch an Amtrak train home, the building where he oversaw hearings, filed legislation and cajoled colleagues.(Washington Post)
4. They organized and cajoled, explained and marched until their voices were hoarse and their feet were numb.(Washington Post)
5. GOP advisers involved in the races said both candidates regularly talked to Trump, hoping it would cajole him into staying on message and keep him away from attacking them or the party.(Washington Post)
6. Mr. Trump’s efforts to litigate, cajole and threaten his way to a Georgia victory began within days of the Nov. 3 election.(New York Times)
7. Everybody watched — kids, teachers and even moms and dads – as the caretakers cajoled Maki into a cage, the outlet reported.(Fox News)
8. That’s why, after much cajoling from co-workers, I started using a password manager — and it’s why you should be using one, too.(New York Times)
9. For the chief executive of an organisation founded on the premise that companies need to be cajoled or nagged into paying farmers a living income, this sounded like an astonishingly trusting statement.(The Guardian)
10. As the U.S. struggled to cope with the energetic Aussies in the early going it was Rapinoe that cajoled and encouraged her side ensuring they established a toehold.(Forbes)
11. Wearing a black suit with a maroon tie that matched his team's colors, the 68-year-old urged, cajoled, yelped and stomped his black shoes on the hardwood to grab his players' attention.(Fox News)
12. Guardiola is one of the more active managers on the touchline, forever standing at the edge of his technical area pointing and cajoling, constantly tweaking and adjusting.(The Guardian)
词汇搭配
cajole sb into doing sth
词汇家族
cajoles, cajoling, cajoled, cajolery
词汇来源
"deceive or delude by flattery," 1640s, from French cajoler "to cajole, wheedle, coax," a word of uncertain origin; perhaps a blend of cageoler "to chatter like a jay" (16c., from gajole, southern diminutive of geai "jay;" see jay (n.)), and Old French gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage".
近义词
blandish, blarney, coax, palaver, wheedle
反义词
bully, compel, discourage, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, deter, discourage, stop, prevent, hinder
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