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

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
  1. the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves
  Synonym:goadgoadingprodurgingspurspurring

双语例句

• You keep prodding me to work all the time.
  你一直催促我去工作。
• Intellectual property right system takes great effect on protecting and prodding scientific technology innovation, and on propelling the contesting mechanisms to be efficiently working.
  摘要知识产权制度在保护和推进科技创新、促进竞争机制有效运行方面发挥着重要作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He stood a moment irresolutely prodding the muck in the ditch.
  他犹豫不决地站了一会儿，用手杖扒拉一阵沟里的脏东西。
• Flow is a natural state, and people will enter it without much prodding.
  流是一种自然状态，用户进入状态而不需要刺激。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。