coax

1. V-T If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. 哄

After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself. 午飯后，她察言觀色，哄著博比談?wù)勊约骸?/p>

2. V-T If you coax something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you. 勸誘

The officer spoke yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim. 該官員昨天談起她的職責(zé)：設(shè)法勸誘那個(gè)年輕受害人提供重要信息。