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

• They can goad us into tactical errors and strategic blunders.
  他们也可以刺激我们进入战术错误和战略上的失误。
• ( used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite. goad with spurs, as of horses when riding.
  （用于生理刺激）使刺激或引起兴奋的。当马跑的时候，用刺激物刺激。
• He was only too goad to help you.
  他只是太高兴了，不愿帮助你。
• Focal point region blend which in Xihu lake front this tradition and the modern age, her each time change con arouse people's interest but renovates the good transformation to her also to be also goad, the practical significance all imagines us must be bigger than.
  摘要在西湖湖滨这一传统与现代交融的焦点地带，它的每次变化都会引起人们的关注，而对它的整治也好，改造也好，现实意义都比我们想象的要大。
• Charles was always goading me.
  查尔斯总是招惹我。
• But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.
  但所有这些在她心里头无情的冷酷和绝望的驱策面前都让步了。
• The writer said he needed some goad because he was indolent.
  这个作家说他需要刺激，因为他很懒惰。
• 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。
• 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。