导读： wheedle 英 [ˈwiːdl] 美 [ˈwiːdl]SAT GRE外刊例句Affable executives dodge almost every attempt to wheedle out useful ways of comparing the firm with its liste

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wheedle 英 [ˈwiːdl] 美 [ˈwiːdl]SAT GRE
外刊例句

• Affable executives dodge almost every attempt to wheedle out useful ways of comparing the firm with its listed peers.
  高管们和蔼可亲，但无论记者如何尝试打探有用的信息来比较沙特阿美和其上市的同业，他们总是顾左右而言他。
  ——《经济学人》
• Once in a while, I hear reporters wheedling or hectoring some reluctant source on the phone, but even that is muted because many younger reporters prefer to text or email sources.
  偶尔，我会听到记者在电话里对一些不情愿的消息来源进行哄骗或威吓，但即便这样也很轻声，因为许多年轻的记者更喜欢发短信或发电子邮件给消息来源。
  ——《纽约时报》

基本释义
[verb] use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something
[动词] 用奉承或哄劝来说服某人做某事或给予某人某物深入解读
Wheedle 是一个与熟词 needle （针、缝衣针、编织针、注射针、指针）有着相同结尾的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。
该词词源不详，可能与古英语词 wædlian （乞求）相关，最早出现于17世纪60年代，即用来表示“用甜言蜜语哄骗或骗取”，侧重指使用柔和的词语、巧妙的奉承或诱人的吸引力来影响或引诱某人做某事或给予某人某物。比如：

• 连哄带骗使人消气
  coax and wheedle sb into good humour/temper
• 这个聪颖的小孩总是能从父亲那里哄出钱来。
  The smart kid can always wheedle money out of his father.
• 她用花言巧语哄我把华丽的浅黄褐色大衣借给了她。
  She wheedled me into lending her my ornate fawn coat.

名著用例

Suddenly Amina's assiduity had acquired different goals; she never wheedled money out of him any more, and the napkin in his lap at the breakfast-table felt sad pangs of nostalgia for the old days.
突然之间，阿米娜的勤恳有了完全不同的目标，她再不甜言蜜语地从他那里讨钱，早餐时他膝上的餐巾风光不再，想起往日的得意真叫人黯然神伤。

出自印裔英国作家萨尔曼·鲁西迪（Salman Rushdie，又译萨尔曼·拉什迪）在1981年出版的长篇小说《午夜之子》（Midnight's Children）。
同近义词

• cajole: persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
• lure: tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward
• beguile: charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way