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VERB
(用好話)勸誘，哄
If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
例句
After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself...
吃過午飯，她照看著博比，聽他說話，哄他說說自己的事。
The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
政府承諾給他們發放暫住證，誘哄他們放棄罷工。
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VERB
連哄帶勸地得到
If you coax something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you.
例句
The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim...
昨天，這名女警談到自己在誘導年輕的受害人說出重要信息的過程中所起的作用。
It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging consent from the French King.
路易斯連哄帶騙，直到復活節才勉強得到法國國王的許可。
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VERB
小心地擺弄(機器或裝置)
If you coax a machine or device into doing something, you make it work by operating it very slowly and gently.
例句
He would stride on stage then proceed to coax the sweetest possible sounds out of his violin...
他會大步走上舞臺，然后輕輕地拉他的小提琴，奏出美妙動聽的曲調。
He was delighted to coax the monoplane to 330 m.p.h.
這架單翼飛機在他的擺弄下時速達到了每小時330英里，他感到很高興。