goad

英 [ɡəʊd]

美 [ɡoʊd]

v.  (不断地)招惹，激怒，刺激
n.  (赶牛等牲畜用的)尖头棒; (意在惹恼某人而促其行动的)刺激; 激励

过去分词：goaded　现在分词：goading　过去式：goaded　第三人称单数：goads　

TOEFLIELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.16201 / COCA.16733

短语用例

goad sb↔on

• 驱使（或怂恿、刺激）某人
  to drive or encourage sb to do sth
  1. Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out.
     她被气得忍无可忍，于是转身向他猛击。
  2. He finally goaded her into answering his question.
     他终于激得她回答了他的问题。

牛津词典

verb

• （不断地）招惹，激怒，刺激
  to keep irritating or annoying sb/sth until they react
  1. Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out.
     她被气得忍无可忍，于是转身向他猛击。
  2. He finally goaded her into answering his question.
     他终于激得她回答了他的问题。

noun

• （赶牛等牲畜用的）尖头棒
  a pointed stick used for making cows, etc. move forwards
• （意在惹恼某人而促其行动的）刺激；激励
  something that makes sb do sth, usually by annoying them

柯林斯词典

• VERB 招惹；刺激；激怒
  If yougoadsomeone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.
  1. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response...
     他怀疑那位精神科医生试图刺激他作出一些本能的反应。
  2. Charles was always goading me.
     查尔斯总是招惹我。
  3. Goadis also a noun.
     
  4. His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.
     他的反对反而刺激她坚定了取得成功的决心。
• N-SING 刺激；激励
  Agoadis something that makes someone do a particular thing.
  1. Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
     埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。
• （赶牛用的）尖头棒
  Agoadis a sharp, pointed stick that is used for driving cattle.

英英释义

noun

• a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
  Synonym:prod
• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
  1. the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves
  Synonym:goadingprodproddingurgingspurspurring

verb

• goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
  1. He needled her with his sarcastic remarks
  Synonym:needle
• stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  Synonym:prick
• urge with or as if with a goad
• give heart or courage to
  Synonym:spur

双语例句

• For example, the company would like to goad companies to follow the leads of giants like apple ( AAPL) and Microsoft ( MSFT), whoalready have youth programs of their own.
  例如，Afterschool.me有意推动其它公司效法苹果（Apple）与微软（Microsoft）等巨头，这两家公司已经拥有了自己的青少年活动计划。
• "I want somebody very goad, very safe, to plant that gun," he told clemenza.
  “我看，得找一个非常精明、非常可靠的人去把枪摆到预定地点去，”他对克莱门扎说。
• The opposition is trying to goad the government into calling an election.
  在野反对党正努力激起政府提出选举。
• Corn is used as animal feed. A goad, as for prodding cattle.
  玉米被用作牲口饲料。
• Charles was always goading me.
  查尔斯总是招惹我。
• Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
  埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。
• Swimming jogging and cycling are all goad farms of sports exercises.
  游泳、慢跑和骑自行车都是很好的运动形式。
• Urge with or as if with a goad.
  用刺激物或类似刺激物促进。
• As a manager, he has an undoubted ability to goad his staff to ever greater efforts.
  作为一名经理，他促使员工勤奋工作的能力不容置疑。
• Such protests are more likely than SEPA's efforts to goad reluctant officials into action.
  这些骚乱在驱赶那些不情不愿的官员采取行动方面也许比环保总局的努力更有用。