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
BNC.39314 / COCA.23978
牛津词典
noun
- 催促;督促;鼓励;激励
encouragement to do sth- He needed no prodding.
他不用督促。
- He needed no prodding.
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.- He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
他用猎枪捅了捅默里。 - 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。 - Cathy was prodding at a boiled egg.
凯茜正在戳一个煮熟的鸡蛋。 - Prodis also a noun.
- He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.
他用力捅了一下驴屁股。
- He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
- VERB 提醒;促使;督促
If youprodsomeoneintodoing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.- 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。 - 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。
- The report should prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service...
- See also:cattle prod
英英释义
noun
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves
双语例句
- Poking and prodding. I learned from the best.
刺激一下,我从最厉害的人学的。 - BYD's effort is a big test of how quickly a country like China can bring into the mainstream a costly new automotive propulsion technology by prodding the private sector and the consumer.
这无疑是项重大考验:像中国这样的国家,通过鼓励私营企业和消费者,能多快地将一项昂贵的新汽车动力技术带入主流社会? - No amount of prodding will budge him.
不管怎么刺激都不会让他改变主意。 - 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。 - 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。 - It took me years of prodding, but I've finally managed to turn myself into a dedicated exerciser.
这花了我数年的动员时间,但是最终成功地把自己变成了一位认真的锻炼者。 - On beaches where crabs and sea anemones outnumber swimmers, environmentalists have a gentle reminder: No poking, prodding or removing the creatures from their natural setting.
在螃蟹和海葵比游泳者还多的沙滩上,环保主义者发出温和的提示:不要捅、戳这些生物,也不要把它们搬离原来的地方。 - You keep prodding me to work all the time.
你一直催促我去工作。 - 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。 - This prodding may be needed for several reasons.
这一敦促可能需要数种理由。