cajole
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /kəˈdʒəʊl/
美 /kəˈd͡ʒoʊl/
英文释义
名词 n.
- The act of cajoling.
动词 v.
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To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
— Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]
词源
词源 1
Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.
词源 2
Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.
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