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prodding

英 [ˈprɒdɪŋ]

美 [ˈprɑːdɪŋ]

n.  催促; 督促; 鼓励; 激励
v.  戳; 杵; 捅; 催促; 督促; 鼓动
prod的现在分词

现在分词:prodding 复数:proddings 

BNC.39314 / COCA.23978

牛津词典

    noun

    • 催促;督促;鼓励;激励
      encouragement to do sth
      1. He needed no prodding.
        他不用督促。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB (用手指或尖物)刺,戳,捅
      If youprodsomeone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
      1. He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
        他用猎枪捅了捅默里。
      2. Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...
        戳一戳窗台板看看有没有朽烂的迹象。
      3. Cathy was prodding at a boiled egg.
        凯茜正在戳一个煮熟的鸡蛋。
      4. Prodis also a noun.
      5. He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.
        他用力捅了一下驴屁股。
    • VERB 提醒;促使;督促
      If youprodsomeoneintodoing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.
      1. The report should prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service...
        这份报告将督促政府加大在卫生服务方面的支出。
      2. His remark prodded her to ask where Mora had gone.
        他的话提醒了她,她问莫拉去哪里了。
    • See also:cattle prod

    英英释义

    noun

    双语例句

    • I have more trouble prodding myself to make the effort to buy things I actually need.
      我的问题在于如何说服自己去买该买的东西。
    • Stop these boys prodding their sticks at that poor dog!
      孩子们不要用棍子戳那条可怜的狗!
    • This prodding may be needed for several reasons.
      这一敦促可能需要数种理由。
    • He would also invite me into the living room so that I could watch the Polish TV and improve my language and then spend half the television show prodding me and getting me to speak to him in very fast polish.
      他还会邀请到他的房间看波兰电视来帮助提升我的语言能力,鼓励我和他用波兰语快速地交谈。
    • No amount of prodding will budge him.
      不管怎么刺激都不会让他改变主意。
    • Only by prodding it down the path of reform is there any prospect of change without catastrophe.
      只有促使它走上改革之路,才有蜕变而不引发灾难的希望。
    • The girl in the market was prodding at the fruit to see if it was ripe.
      那位姑娘在市场里用手戳水果,看看熟了没有。
    • I also have her read celebrated poems, essays and novels, prodding her with questions to see if she's understood what she's read.
      我还让她读著名诗篇、散文和小说,并提出问题来看她是否读懂了。
    • Mrs Clinton took more prodding to say the same of her fellow Democrat.
      希拉里犹豫没有并没有说,但是可以确定的是在承认小奥比老麦前,说了很多很酸的话。
    • The horrors of two world wars, the common threat from the Soviet Union and the prodding of the US gave an irresistible logic to what the founding fathers called the process of European construction.
      两次世界大战带来的恐惧、共同面对来自苏联的威胁,加上美国的刺激,为创始人所称的欧洲一体化进程赋予了一种不可抗拒的合理性。