单词	wheedle
释义	wheedlewhee‧dle /ˈwiːdl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwheedle Origin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from German wedeln ‘to wag the tail, be willing to do what others want’ Verb Table VERB TABLE wheedle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they wheedle he, she, it wheedles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wheedled Present perfect I, you, we, they have wheedled he, she, it has wheedled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wheedled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wheedle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wheedled Continuous Form Present I am wheedling he, she, it is wheedling you, we, they are wheedling Past I, he, she, it was wheedling you, we, they were wheedling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wheedling he, she, it has been wheedling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wheedling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wheedling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wheedling Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He likes me to wheedle, the brute. I am going to see an operation if I can wheedle anybody into letting me. In contrast, his manner is ingratiating, even wheedling. In such ways the devil wheedles his way into human relationships with highly damaging effects. Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner? The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► way · In such ways the devil wheedles his way into human relationships with highly damaging effects.· Perversely, Tess adores this faintly sinister patriarch, and hopes to wheedle her way into his affections. to persuade someone to do or give you something, for example by saying nice things to them that you do not mean – used to show disapprovalwheedle something from/out of somebody She even managed to wheedle more money out of him.wheedle somebody into doing something You have to be able to wheedle your client into buying.wheedle your way in/into/out of etc Don’t think you can just wheedle your way in here!
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