nudge

Word family

ldoce_237_cnudge /nʌdʒ/ verb

1 [transitiveT]PUSH to push someone gently, usually with your elbow, in order to get their attention 〔通常用肘〕輕推〔以引起某人的注意〕

Jill nudged him in the ribs.

吉爾用胳膊肘輕輕碰了一下他的肋部。

► see thesaurus at push →5 See picture of NUDGE 輕推

2 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUSH to move something or someone a short distance by gently pushing 輕推移動，推開

She nudged the glass towards me.

她將杯子輕輕推向我。

David nudged me out of the way.

戴維把我輕輕推向一邊。

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUSH to move forward slowly by pushing gently 〔緩慢地〕往前擠

nudge your way to/through etc (something)

I started to nudge my way to the front of the crowd.

我慢慢地擠到人群前面。

4 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PERSUADE to gently persuade or encourage someone to take a particular decision or action 勸說；鼓勵

nudge somebody into/towards something

We’re trying to nudge them towards a practical solution.

我們正在努力勸說他們找出一種切實可行的解決方法。

5 [transitiveT]ALMOST to almost reach a particular level or amount 接近，靠近〔某程度或數量〕

Outside the temperature was nudging 30 degrees Celsius.

外面氣溫已經接近30攝氏度。

—nudge noun [countableC]

Hannah gave me a gentle nudge.

漢娜輕輕推了我一下。

Examples from the Corpus

nudge• They nudged each other as the principal called their names.• An old woman nudged her way to the back of the bus.• She was also instrumental in nudging him into giving 25 percent of the positions in the Socialist Party to women.• But he didn't nudge him.• Death must be nudged, hurried, if only it could be.• Eventually, I was nudged into management.• Temperatures were already nudging into the 80s before dawn today.• Christine nudged me and giggled.• Benjamin nudged me as Westminster Abbey came into view.• Toby nudged my arm. "That's the guy I told you about, " he whispered.• They were satisfied to learn, to come up with new ideas, and to nudge the field forward.• Southeast winds nudged the oil slick onto the shore.• A heavily burnt in sky will blend better with the foreground as the flash will nudge those highlights along.

From Longman Business Dictionary

nudgenudge /nʌdʒ/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

to increase the value or position of something on a scale by a small amount, or to increase or move up by a small amount

nudge something up/to something etc

Investors bought blue chips again, nudging the Dow Jones Industrial Average to another all-time high.

nudge up

Honda increased its share of the car market even though its sales nudged up only slightly.

—nudge noun [countableC usually singular]

The interest rate cuts will give the economy an upward nudge.

Origin nudge

(1600-1700) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language

nudge verb

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