goad
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. 刺激
Charles was always goading me. 查尔斯老是刺激我。
2. N-COUNT Goad is also a noun. 刺激
Her presence was just one more goad to Joanna's unravelling nerves. 她的出现只是对乔安娜几近崩溃的神经的又一次刺激。
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goad /ɡəʊd/ (goading,goaded,goads)
剑桥词典
- to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them
（不停地）招惹，激怒；刺激；驱使
She seemed determined to goad him into a fight . 她似乎铁了心要激怒他来打一架。
He refused to be goaded by their insults . 他对他们的侮辱不屑一顾。
The runner was goadedon by his desire to keep up with the others . 这名跑者不停地努力，一心要跟上其他人。
A group of children were goading (= laughing at or pushing ) another child in the school playground . 一群孩子正在学校操场上嘲弄推搡另外一个孩子。 返回 goad