nudging

英 [ˈnʌdʒɪŋ]

美 [ˈnʌdʒɪŋ]

v.  (用肘)轻推，轻触; (朝某方向)轻推，渐渐推动; 用胳膊肘挤开往前走
nudge的现在分词

复数：nudgings　

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常指用肘)轻推，轻碰(以引起注意)
  If younudgesomeone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.
  1. I nudged Stan and pointed again...
     我轻轻推了推斯坦，又指了一下。
  2. '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。
  3. Nudgeis also a noun.
     
  4. 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。
• VERB 轻轻地推动(或推向)
  If younudgesomeone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.
  1. Edna Swinson nudged him into the sitting room...
     埃德娜·斯温森把他推进了起居室。
  2. The civil servant nudged him forward.
     那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
  3. Nudgeis also a noun.
     
  4. McKinnon gave the wheel another slight nudge.
     麦金农又轻轻推了一下轮子。
• VERB 劝说;鼓动
  If younudgesomeone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Nudgeis also a noun.
     
  5. 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。
• VERB 几乎达到;接近
  If someone or somethingis nudginga particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 性关系;(尤指)性丑闻
  If you refer toa nudge and a winkor tonudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• This is because your Soul-Self is nudging you to move forward, to expand your vision and to take control of your destiny.
  这是因为你的灵性迫使你提升，扩展你的意识层面，自己掌控命运。
• Alas, few nudging initiatives are as ethically unambiguous as organ donation.
  但是，很少有其他倡议像器官捐赠一样在道德上没有争议。
• Inflation had been nudging upwards because of those oil prices.
  通涨正悄然上涨缘于原油价格的上涨。
• Some nudging tactics are straightforward or obvious.
  一些督促策略是直白或是明显的。
• The uprisings are nudging us towards seeing Arab countries through a Latin American prism.
  最近的起义促使我们透过拉丁美洲的视角看待阿拉伯国家。
• 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。
• When I go into bars, for example, I always see people nudging each other.
  比如说，我去酒吧的时候，总会看到人们偷偷地捅身边的人。
• No amount of "nudging" towards faster differential calculus will help prevent dropped catches.
  无论朝着更快速的微分计算进行多少“轻推”，也没法帮助减少接不到球的次数。
• And if users ignore the hints, the device will stop nudging, until it comes across something else of potential interest.
  如果用户忽略了这些提示，设备就会停止这个提示，直到下次再遇上可能会令人感兴趣的东西。
• Forward leading indicators, including those measuring sentiment, are nudging upwards.
  包括景气指标在内的前瞻性领先指标，都呈现出轻微上行趋势。