| 单词 | wheedle |
| 释义 | wheedle (once / 3530 pages) v To wheedle is to sweet talk, or flatter someone in the hopes of getting something in return. You might try to wheedle a meter maid into not giving you a parking ticket. Good luck with that. If you want your parents to do something for you that they don’t want to do, you may have to wheedle them with breakfast in bed and a shower of compliments in order to get what you want. To wheedle someone is to “charm” that person, though it’s a little more on the “suck up to” side than it is charming. The teacher’s pet might try to wheedle her way into a better grade. WORD FAMILYwheedle: wheedled, wheedler, wheedles, wheedling+/wheedler: wheedlers/wheedling: wheedlings USAGE EXAMPLESThe refreshing, subtle flavor comes from 15 spices, the recipe for which she had to wheedle out of the family with whom she studied cooking. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) You wheedle, cajole, bribe, and threaten him into practicing every day. Wall Street Journal(Aug 24, 2016) Waterside, merchants wheedled and cajoled customers, hoping to lure them into their shops. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) v influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering Syn|Hypo|Hyper blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk soft-soap persuade someone through flattery browbeat, bully, swaggerdiscourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm |
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