nudge

[英] [nʌdʒ] [美] [nʌdʒ] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. VERB (通常指用肘)轻推,轻碰(以引起注意) If you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something. 
  • I nudged Stan and pointed again...

    我轻轻推了推斯坦,又指了一下。

  • 'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.

    “别这么干了,”他用膝盖轻轻碰了碰那个男孩说道。

  • Nudge is also a noun.
    • She slipped her arm under his and gave him a nudge.

      她挽住他的胳膊,轻轻推了他一下。

2. VERB 轻轻地推动(或推向) If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there. 
  • Edna Swinson nudged him into the sitting room...

    埃德娜·斯温森把他推进了起居室。

  • The civil servant nudged him forward.

    那个文职人员向前推了他一把。

  • Nudge is also a noun.
    • McKinnon gave the wheel another slight nudge.

      麦金农又轻轻推了一下轮子。

3. VERB 劝说;鼓动 If you nudge someone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it. 
  • Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest...

    鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。

  • Foreigners must use their power to nudge the country towards greater tolerance...

    外国人必须动用他们的力量促使这个国家变得更加宽容。

  • British tour companies are nudging clients to travel further afield.

    英国旅游公司正鼓动客户到更远的地方去旅游。

  • Nudge is also a noun.
    • I had a feeling that the challenge appealed to him. All he needed was a nudge.

      我感觉这个挑战对他颇具吸引力,他所需要的就是一点推动。

4. VERB 几乎达到;接近 If someone or something is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it. 
  • ...a little-known stage play writer and actress who was nudging 40 and going nowhere...

    一个年近四旬、一事无成、寂寂无闻的舞台剧作者兼演员

  • The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F.

    我们在的时候,那里温度接近80华氏度。

5. PHRASE 性关系;(尤指)性丑闻 If you refer to a nudge and a wink or to nudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way. 
  • The article then listed a series of nudge-nudge, wink-wink rumors that have appeared in newspapers over the last two years.

    文章接下来列举了过去两年间报纸上出现过的一连串性丑闻传言。

Noun

1. a slight push or shake

  • synonym: jog
Verb

1. to push against gently;

  • "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"

2. push into action by pestering or annoying gently

1. He gave his friend who had fallen asleep a nudge.
他的朋友睡着了,他用肘轻轻地捅了他一下。

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2. People began to nudge the couple into going away.
人们开始劝说这两口子走开。

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3. She gave me a gentle nudge in the ribs to tell me to shut up.
她用肘轻轻捅了一下我肋骨让我住口。

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4. We have to nudge politicians in the right direction.
我们必须把搞政治的推向正确的方向。

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