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goad

美音:[gəud ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.(赶牲口用的)刺棒,激励物,刺激物 vt.用刺棒驱赶,驱策,激励,刺激,唆使,煽动

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goad为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

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

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goad


/gəʊd; ˇod/
n
1 pointed stick for making cattle, etc move on (赶牲畜用的)尖头棒.
2 (fig 比喻) thing urging a person to action 刺激或激励人行动的事物
*motivated by the twin goads of punishment and reward 受赏与罚的双重因素所促使的.

v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (into sth/doing sth) (fig 比喻) continually provoke or annoy (a personor an animal) 不断招惹或激怒(人或动物)
*Stop goading the poor beast! 别再招惹那可怜的动物了.
* His persistent questions finally goaded me into an angry reply/into replying angrily. 他三番五次地问问题惹得我回答时也没有好气.
* trying to goad these lazy fellows into action 尽力驱使这些懒人行动.
2 (phr v) goad sb on continually urge and encourage sb to do sth 不断催促或鼓励某人做某事
*goaded on by fierce ambition 为强烈的野心所驱使.