nudges

英 [ˈnʌdʒɪz]

美 [ˈnʌdʒɪz]

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的第三人称单数

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 increased challenge may be what nudges you into your zone.
  也许正是份量重的难题使你进入状态。
• FRANKFURT& European central bankers signaled interest rates are likely to head lower as the financial crisis nudges Western Europe closer to recession.
  着西欧经济在金融危机打压下日益迫近衰退，欧洲一些央行官员暗示可能会调低利率。
• One measure to limit abuse – consistent with either commercial or non-commercial distribution – would be user-set personal periodic limits on consumption: an instance of the libertarian paternalist strategy of nudges toward sensible behaviour.
  有一项限制滥用的措施既适合商业经销，又适合非商业经销：让消费者自己设定在一个周期内的消费量。这是自由意志家长主义将人们向理智行为轻推的体现。
• It also keeps a helpful scorecard on the quality of your existing passwords, and nudges you to improve them.
  Dashlane还有一个用处很大的记分卡，可以评估你现有密码的可靠性并敦促你加以改进。
• I've been in a mixed marriage for a decade and a half now and gotten used to the stares and nudges.
  至今，自己已有了一段长达十五年的异国婚姻。
• Nudges the selected clip to the right.
  向右微移所选剪辑。
• Even though plenty of research shows that girls do just as well as boys on standardized math tests, there is this unintentional bias among parents and educators that pushes boys toward science and math, and nudges girls away.
  很多研究显示，女生在标准化数学测试中的表现和男生一样好，但父母和教育工作者的那种无意识偏见把男生推向了科学和数学领域，同时把女生排挤在外。
• Famed fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his gruff assistant Doctor Watson pitch their tent while on a camping expedition, but in the middle of the night Holmes nudges Watson awake and questions him.
  著名的侦探福尔摩斯和他的助手华森医生在他们探险的营地搭好了帐篷，到了半夜，福尔摩斯推醒了还在酣睡的华森并问他。
• Nudges and winks and whispers traversed the room, but Tom sat still.
  大家相互推推胳膊，眨眨眼睛，低声耳语。但是汤姆却正襟危坐。
• She held her head high and affected not to notice the nudges and whispers of the little girls near her.
  她高高地抬着头，假装没注意到边上小姑娘们的指手划脚和窃窃私语。