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

• The limitless number of gear ratios also means that the nudging motion caused by shifting is no longer present.
  无限数量的齿轮比也意味着一定范围内齿数将不再存在。
• 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。
• Its latest mobile app can identify songs and films playing nearby, nudging users to write about them.
  该公司最新推出的一款移动应用能分辨用户附近播放的歌曲和电影，并鼓励用户对它们做出评价。
• 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。
• They were nudging investors, not trying to frighten them into reversing the recent currency declines.
  它们是在婉劝投资者，而不是试图恐吓他们，以逆转最近的汇率下跌走势。
• Some nudging tactics are straightforward or obvious.
  一些督促策略是直白或是明显的。
• The evidence shows that infants enter extra uterine life with many strong perceptual biases and motoric dispositions already nudging them toward linguistically relevant patterns of stimulation.
  这个证据说明，婴儿出生时就拥有强烈的认知上的偏好和运动神经上的预设，这使得它们对和语言相关的环境刺激产生了兴趣。
• Corporate-led "algorithmic nudging" promotes the illusion that problems can be solved through individual action alone.
  企业主导的“算法说服”宣传这样的错觉：单靠个人行动就能解决问题。
• Nudging him in the right direction.
  把他推向正确的方向。
• Moreover, nudging people in the direction they already want to go by encouraging them to save, learn, behave healthily or bring up their children better is hardly a gross violation of liberty.
  此外，通过鼓励人们储蓄、学习、过健康生活或更好地抚育子女，推动人们朝他们本来就希望的方向前进，这不能说是严重侵犯自由。