| 词汇 | jawboning |
| 释义 | jawboning present participle ofjawbone jawbone verb[ I or T ] USinformaluk /ˈdʒɔː.bəʊn/ us /ˈdʒɑː.boʊn/ to talk to someone, especially to try to persuade them to do something: 强烈呼吁;磨嘴皮子说服 Congresswoman Weintrob jawboned local officials about their responsibilities toward the immigrant community.国会议员温特罗布女士强烈呼吁当地官员要关注移民社区。 Synonym schmoozeinformal Lecturing & addressing call for papers CFP co-present deliver a speech eunoia jawbone maiden speech monologue onto oratory presentation public speaking sermon sermonize slide speak speaking speech speechify talk at someone You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Urging & persuading Examples of jawboningjawboning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Finally, the matter of encouraging faculty to seek system-related experiences on their sabbaticals is more a matter of "jawboning" than something that requires major reorganization of academic procedures. I can see that henpecking will be the equivalent of jawboning in our economy for the immediate future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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