单词 | goad |
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音标 | [gəud] |
解释 | n.赶牛棒;v./n.刺激,激励 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 赶牛棒;v./n. 刺激,激励(any driving impulse; spur) 【考】 exhort : suggest / goad : direct(程度: 力劝建议/激励指导)attack : vanquished / goad : provoked(进攻目的是使被征服 /刺激目的是使被激起)command : entreaty / goad : enticement(态度轻重: 命令恳求/刺激诱使)gadfly : goad / humorist : amuse(牛虻可以刺激/幽默 家可以使发笑) 【记】 和goal(目标)一起记( goad sb. toward a goal, 刺激某人走向目标) 【例】 My parents goaded me into doing my homework. |
字源 | goad (n.) Old English gad "point, spearhead, arrowhead," from Proto-Germanic *gaido (cognates: Lombardic gaida "spear"), from PIE root *ghei- (1) "to propel, prick" (cognates: Sanskrit hetih "missile, projectile," himsati "he injures;" Avestan zaena- "weapon;" Greek khaios "shepherd's staff;" Old English gar "spear;" Old Irish gae "spear"). Figurative use is since 16c., probably from the Bible. goad (v.) 1570s, from goad (n.); earliest use is figurative. Related: Goaded; goading. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 赶牛棒(一端尖的长木棍, 用来驱赶牲畜); 刺激物 = stimulus; v 刺激, 激励 = spur 【记】goad你达成goal(n 进球; 目标) 【类】exhort: suggest = goad: direct力劝是过分建议 = 激励是过分指导attack: vanquished = goad: provoked进攻目的是使被征服 = 刺激目的是使被激起command: entreaty = goad: enticement命令是强迫的恳求 = 刺激是强迫的诱惑gadfly: goad = humorist: amuse刺激物可以刺激 = 幽默家可以使发笑 【反】curb(n /v 路边; 抑制); lull(使平静); check(n /v 阻止) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】goal 目标能激励人;gold 金子能激励人;goat 赶羊用的 赶羊棒 |
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