v.哄;诱骗;灵巧慢慢地做
The clerk is always able to coax the customers into good humor. 那个售货员总是能够把顾客哄得高高兴兴的。
Mother ran after me, murmuring fine words to coax me. 母亲在后面小跑着,嘴里还在不断地说着好话哄我。
I've come back to coax a respectable sum of money out of an aged woman who happens also to be my mother. 我回来的目的,是从一个老太婆手上诱骗一笔数目可观的金钱,她碰巧是我母亲。