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词汇 nudging
释义 nudging
present participle ofnudge
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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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
rib
shoulder
shove
thrust
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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Encouraging and urging on
abet
barrack for someone
bread
bring
bring someone out
cultivate
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

Idiom


nudge nudge (wink wink)

Examples of nudging


nudging

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Nudging the calf towards the prey item is more likely to fit the definition of teaching than rescuing a stranded calf.
But for all that, they fed increasing amounts of coffee to a thirsty international market, nudging past sugar by the early 1830s.
Disequilibrium and gait disorders in older people symmetry and balance on standing, turning, with nudging and with eye closure.
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.
For years now every government have been nudging and hinting at the universities to cut expenditure.
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Now oil is nudging $27 a barrel, and the increases cannot be hidden.
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It was suggested that we were nudging in that direction.
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This will take us up to about 1980, by which time the electorate in my constituency will be nudging 200,000.
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By nudging and shoving, it may be possible to deal with that sort of problem.
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The pound is now approaching parity with the dollar; the index is nudging the 1,000 mark.
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Direct agricultural support as a result of foot and mouth is climbing above £500 million and the support to the rural economy is nudging above £200 million.
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With a little nudging and argumentation, could not most fields of social policy be brought in as well?
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He will be thanked by disabled people everywhere for nudging things forward on their behalf.
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There is a suggestion of nudging the meteor out of its dangerous orbit.
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The worker in the motor car industry is now nudging up to, and sometimes going beyond, what the professional man is earning.
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