| 词汇 | nudge |
| 释义 | nudge verb uk /nʌdʒ/ us /nʌdʒ/ nudgeverb (TOUCH)[ T ] to push something or someone gently, especially to push someone with your elbow (= the middle part of your arm where it bends) to attract the person's attention: （尤指用肘部）轻推，轻触 The children were giggling and nudging each other.孩子们咯咯地笑着，互相推来推去。 He nudged the cat off the sofa so that he could sit down.他把猫轻轻推下沙发，这样自己可以坐下来。 [ I+ adv/prep, T ] to move slowly and almost reach a higher point or level: 接近（更高点或水平） Oil prices continue to nudge higher.油价持续上涨。 Peter must be nudging 40 now.彼得现在肯定将近40岁了。 Pushing and shoving bat bat something/someone away boop bring bring someone down bundle dig elbow knock someone down mash poke poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom prod push rib shoulder shove upend upset wrangle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Touching & feeling Slow and moving slowly nudgeverb (PERSUADE)[ T ] to encourage or persuade someone to do something in a way that is gentle rather than forceful or direct: He cleverly nudges us towards the conclusion he himself has reached. Do you find your parents nudging you in the direction of further study? If you have an always-late friend, nudge him with a phone call an hour before the party. Nudged by an inner voice, I called the transplant center and embarked on a series of tests to determine my suitability as a donor. He nudged his girlfriend towards the stage. Even a little discontent with your partner can nudge you to look around for someone else. Encouraging and urging on abet barrack for someone bread bring bring someone out get in there!idiom get out of here!idiom go on good/great/lovely stuff!idiom goose muster pave pave the wayidiom pep talk permit prepare spur stimulus stoke urge Idiomnudge nudge (wink wink) nudge noun[ C ] uk /nʌdʒ/ us /nʌdʒ/ nudgenoun[C] (PUSH)the act of pushing someone or something gently: 轻推 I gave him a nudge to wake him up.我轻轻推醒他。 Pushing and shoving bat bat something/someone away boop bring bring someone down bundle dig elbow knock someone down mash poke poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom prod push rib shoulder shove upend upset wrangle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Touching & feeling nudgenoun[C] (ENCOURAGEMENT)something that encourages or persuades someone to do something in a gentle way, or the act of doing this: Her words gave me the nudge I needed to learn to bake. This incentive was a nudge in the right direction. Could a small nudge help people make the right decision? The Prime Minister believed in the "nudge" - the theory that politicians should seek to influence, rather than simply dictate, behaviour. He's a little shy, but with a nudge he will share some wonderful stories. Encouraging and urging on abet barrack for someone bread bring bring someone out get in there!idiom get out of here!idiom go on good/great/lovely stuff!idiom goose muster pave pave the wayidiom pep talk permit prepare spur stimulus stoke urge nudge | American Dictionarynudge verb[ T ] us/nʌdʒ/ to push someone or something gently, sometimes to get someone’s attention: My wife nudged me to tell me to get off the phone so that she could use it. nudgenoun[ C ]us/nʌdʒ/ I gave him a nudge to wake him up. nudge | Business Englishnudge verb uk /nʌdʒ/us [ I or T ] to move by a small amount in a particular direction, especially up, or make something do this: Shares in the company nudged higher while its competitors' shares fell. nudge upInterest rates are gently nudging up. nudge sth upThe Federal Reserve began nudging interest rates up. nudge (sth) downThe credit card nudged down the APR of loans taken out online from 6.1% to 5.9%. [ T ] to be close to reaching a particular price or level: With crude nudging $72 a barrel, the price of unleaded was once again the subject of concern. Inflation is nudging 10%. nudge noun[ S ] uk /nʌdʒ/us a slight change in the value or level of something, usually an increase: give sth/get a nudgeBefore long medical costs will get another upward nudge as the number of older people in rich countries rises. give a nudge to sthNews that retail sales rose more than most had expected gave a nudge to a number of retail stocks. a small action that encourages something to happen: Gold reacts to the smallest nudge of the US dollar. Examples of nudgenudge Roughly speaking, life nudges the universe so as to allow light to circumnavigate the universe first in one direction, and then another. If teachers find themselves flagging or their students in a groove, this book could nudge them onto a new spiral. But for all that, they fed increasing amounts of coffee to a thirsty international market, nudging past sugar by the early 1830s. A quantisation algorithm nudged each onset towards the closest quarter note, eighth note, or quarter note triplet. Nevertheless, it may have been the gestural component that provided the initial nudge, as it were, toward a general dominance of the right hand. Rather, the relation is likely to be probabilistic, a nudge rather than a push. Second, we have obtained evidence to suggest that marital and parent - child relationships can play a causal role in nudging the child along the path toward adaptation or dysfunction. Protestants contribute to the deliberation about access when they nudge the analysis of moral notions in the direction of the story they love to tell and struggle to live. Plausibility is maximized when we identify not just structural ambiguities that allow for reanalysis, but also extra-structural factors that nudge the interpretation in the direction of a particular analysis. The attack on the private sector, moreover, nudged the state in the direction of politically motivated public-policy projects, which compelled it to look for increased sources of revenue. How might we wisely nudge this future? Now the clock is in part to be nudged back: compulsory recognition of trade unions is to be reintroduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For years now every government have been nudging and hinting at the universities to cut expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without having that apparatus, my judgment of the direction our policy should take is that it should be nudged towards reflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now oil is nudging $27 a barrel, and the increases cannot be hidden. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of nudge 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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