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Definition of cajole in English: cajoleverb kəˈdʒəʊlkəˈdʒoʊl [with object]Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. 劝诱，哄骗 he hoped to cajole her into selling the house 他想劝诱她把房子卖给他。 no object she pleaded and cajoled as she tried to win his support 她又是恳求，又是劝诱，试图赢得他的支持。 Example sentencesExamples - They begged and cajoled her with folded hands to take charge.
- So supporting the prior service pack is fair and rational, and cajoling people into at least installing it is reasonable.
- Despite the fact he was only thirteen, it seemed the young prince was already a Casanova in the making, an expert at coaxing and cajoling girls.
- If you're like me, you've gotten many e-mail messages lately cajoling you to buy anti-virus software.
- Average taxpayers, after all, don't spend much time lobbying and cajoling politicians in the often distant state capital.
- One day he has had enough; the next day he is cajoled to stay on.
- Housing associations and the government use many misleading arguments to persuade and cajole council tenants into agreeing to stock transfers.
- Recovered from the illness that floored him last week, he was back marshalling and cajoling the men in front of him, and must have wondered what he had returned to.
- I will not plead, threaten, or cajole anyone into voting for me.
- The vocalist even went to the extent of sweetly pleading and cajoling the crowd to get into the groove, before he let the music and the performance do all the talking.
- So buy my stuff and cajole your friends into mindless purchasing.
- In contrast, I didn't have to cajole her to climb in the Caves, nor did I merely watch her.
- And rather than cajoling audiences with fear and prejudice, it provokes them into reflection and debate.
- Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
- Whatever the philosophical ideal, in the real world we are bombarded by corporate messages cajoling us and our children to consume and borrow.
- The theater manager does not chide, warn or cajole us into good behavior.
- By appealing directly to a possible abductor to think about their own future beyond the next few hours to the days and weeks to come they hope to cajole him to redress what he has done.
- If it had wheels, it is the sort of vehicle you would cruise around town in on a Saturday night with the stereo blasting and your mates cajoling the girls on the pavement.
- Usually I can cajole him into cereal, toast or a banana, but this morning - nothing.
- Unlike some people I know who simply spent the day off mallhopping, I was cajoled into going to school to help out my mom for five hours.
Synonyms persuade, wheedle, coax, talk into, manoeuvre, get round, prevail on, beguile, blarney, flatter, seduce, lure, entice, tempt, inveigle, woo informal sweet-talk, soft-soap, butter up, twist someone's arm archaic blandish
OriginMid 17th century: from French cajoler. Rhymesbarcarole, bole, bowl, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole Definition of cajole in US English: cajoleverbkəˈjōlkəˈdʒoʊl [with object]Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. 劝诱，哄骗 he hoped to cajole her into selling the house 他想劝诱她把房子卖给他。 no object she pleaded and cajoled as she tried to win his support 她又是恳求，又是劝诱，试图赢得他的支持。 Example sentencesExamples - Housing associations and the government use many misleading arguments to persuade and cajole council tenants into agreeing to stock transfers.
- The theater manager does not chide, warn or cajole us into good behavior.
- Recovered from the illness that floored him last week, he was back marshalling and cajoling the men in front of him, and must have wondered what he had returned to.
- Unlike some people I know who simply spent the day off mallhopping, I was cajoled into going to school to help out my mom for five hours.
- I will not plead, threaten, or cajole anyone into voting for me.
- One day he has had enough; the next day he is cajoled to stay on.
- And rather than cajoling audiences with fear and prejudice, it provokes them into reflection and debate.
- If you're like me, you've gotten many e-mail messages lately cajoling you to buy anti-virus software.
- Despite the fact he was only thirteen, it seemed the young prince was already a Casanova in the making, an expert at coaxing and cajoling girls.
- Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
- The vocalist even went to the extent of sweetly pleading and cajoling the crowd to get into the groove, before he let the music and the performance do all the talking.
- Usually I can cajole him into cereal, toast or a banana, but this morning - nothing.
- By appealing directly to a possible abductor to think about their own future beyond the next few hours to the days and weeks to come they hope to cajole him to redress what he has done.
- So supporting the prior service pack is fair and rational, and cajoling people into at least installing it is reasonable.
- So buy my stuff and cajole your friends into mindless purchasing.
- If it had wheels, it is the sort of vehicle you would cruise around town in on a Saturday night with the stereo blasting and your mates cajoling the girls on the pavement.
- Average taxpayers, after all, don't spend much time lobbying and cajoling politicians in the often distant state capital.
- Whatever the philosophical ideal, in the real world we are bombarded by corporate messages cajoling us and our children to consume and borrow.
- They begged and cajoled her with folded hands to take charge.
- In contrast, I didn't have to cajole her to climb in the Caves, nor did I merely watch her.
Synonyms persuade, wheedle, coax, talk into, manoeuvre, get round, prevail on, beguile, blarney, flatter, seduce, lure, entice, tempt, inveigle, woo
OriginMid 17th century: from French cajoler. |