jolly somebody along phrasal verbphr v HELPto try to make someone do something faster by encouraging them 鼓励某人〔加快速度做某事〕 He jollied people along and got useful information out of them. 他鼓励人们说出来,从而获得了有用的信息。
jolly along• Where Ken wanted to jolly the world along, Bernard wanted to push it and shove it for its own good.
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