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
- Such disclosures about referral fees came only after prodding last year from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
在去年美国证券交易委员会(SEC)的敦促下,公司才同意对此项收入情况进行披露。 - 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。 - They clearly thought he needed prodding on the desirability of relaxing tensions.
他们显然认为,他需要力陈一下缓和紧张局势的好处。 - 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。 - Reinforce harmonious culture construction will necessarily bring great impetus for prodding coordinative development in economy and society of Qinghai province.
加强和谐文化建设,对促进青海省经济社会协调发展必将产生巨大的驱动力。 - At the prodding of his neighbour, he talked up for a few second, and then lapsed to a whisper again.
在邻座的人戳了他一下后,他放大声音讲了几秒钟,然后又回复到耳语般的声音。 - This prodding may be needed for several reasons.
这一敦促可能需要数种理由。 - 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。 - And I know that I never could have figured out how to express what was in me without these talented Chinese musicians prodding me.
我知道,如果没有身边这些中国乐手的不断支持,我永远也无法找到表达自己内心世界的方法。 - 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。