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VERB
(通常指用肘)轻推，轻碰(以引起注意)
If you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.
例句
I nudged Stan and pointed again...
我轻轻推了推斯坦，又指了一下。
'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。
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VERB
轻轻地推动(或推向)
If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.
例句
Edna Swinson nudged him into the sitting room...
埃德娜·斯温森把他推进了起居室。
The civil servant nudged him forward.
那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
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VERB
劝说;鼓动
If you nudge someone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
几乎达到;接近
If someone or something is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it.
例句
...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
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。
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PHRASE
性关系;(尤指)性丑闻
If you refer to a nudge and a wink or to nudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way.
例句
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。