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。
• How much will they lose defensively without Van Gundy prodding them?
  没有范甘迪来盯着他们，防守的强度将降低多少？
• Books such as Jim Collins 'Good to Great have put a spotlight on organizational culture, prodding companies to look for speakers with expertise in that area, he says.
  他说，吉姆o柯林斯的《从优秀到卓越》（GoodtoGreat）这类书籍已经把聚光灯置于组织文化之上，从而激发公司寻找在这一领域拥有专长的演讲者。
• 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。
• Poking and prodding. I learned from the best.
  刺激一下，我从最厉害的人学的。
• 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。
• The boy needs constant prodding from his parents, otherwise he won't get his homework done.
  这孩子老得大人敲打，不然就不肯做功课。
• 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。
• 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。
• No amount of prodding will budge him.
  不管怎么刺激都不会让他改变主意。