goad
英 [gəʊd]
美[ɡod]
- n. 刺激；（赶牲口用的）刺棒；激励
- vt. 刺激；激励；用刺棒驱赶；煽动
- n. (Goad)人名；(英)戈德
词态变化
复数: goads;第三人称单数: goads;过去式: goaded;过去分词: goaded;现在分词: goading;
中文词源
goad 招惹，刺激
来自PIE*ghei, 刺，刺激，词源同gar, goad.
英英释意
- 1. a pointed instrument used to prod into motion
- 2. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
- "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
英文词源
- goad
- goad: [OE] Goad comes via prehistoric Germanic *gaidō from an Indo-European base *ghai-. This also produced an Old English word for ‘spear’, gār, which survives today in garlic [OE], etymologically ‘spear leek’.
=> garlic - goad (n.)
- Old English gad "point, spearhead, arrowhead, pointed stick used for driving cattle," from Proto-Germanic *gaido "goad, spear" (cognates: Lombardic gaida "spear"), from suffixed form of PIE root *ghei- (1) "to propel, prick" (cognates: Sanskrit hetih "missile, projectile," himsati "he injures;" Avestan zaena- "weapon;" Greek khaios "shepherd's staff;" Old English gar "spear;" Old Irish gae "spear"). Figurative use "anything that urges or stimulates" is since 16c., probably from the Bible.
- goad (v.)
- 1570s, from goad (n.); earliest use is figurative, "incite, stimulate, instigate." Literal use by 1610s. Related: Goaded; goading.
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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
- The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd.
- 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Charles was always goading me.
- 查尔斯总是招惹我。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Hunger goad him to steal a loaf of bread.
- 饥饿驱迫他偷一块面包.
期刊摘选
- One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
- 刺激令人振奋的刺激物; 激励.
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- 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.
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- To urge or goad to action.
- 催促或唤起行动.
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- Very goad to meet you.
- 这个问题很多新人都会关心的!
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- Computer simulation showed that such a method achieved goad recognition effect.
- 计算机仿真实验表明,该方法取得了较好的识别效果.
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- They needed the goad of threatened fines to make them take action.
- 他们需要罚款威胁的刺激来使他们采取行动.
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- A slight goad or incentive; a small stimulus.
- 刺激小刺激或激励; 小刺激.
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- He needed to goad the mage into acting rashly.
- 他需要刺激这位法师,使他自乱阵脚.
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- A pointed object, such as an ice pick, a goad, or a thorn.
- 尖刺尖头物, 如冰戳, 尖棒或荆棘.
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- To live to eat is not a goad attitude toward life.
- 活着就是为了吃不是好的生活态度.
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- 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.
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- In the Bible, however, angels are muscular bullies who frequently goad humans into fistfights.
- 而在圣经中, 天使们却常常是唆使人们互殴的肌肉发达的壮汉模样.
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- A goad, as for prodding cattle.
- 刺棒赶牲畜用的尖头棒.
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- Some people think the year of Goad is a jinx.
- 人们普遍认为羊年不吉利.
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- " 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.
教父部分
- Although the innkeeper was warm, we guessed that his real goad was to get more money.
- 尽管客栈老板很热情, 但我们猜想他的真正目的是为了得到更多的钱.
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- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
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