柯林斯詞典goad /ɡ??d/ (goading,goaded,goads) 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. 查爾斯老是刺激我。2. N-COUNT Goad is also a noun. 刺激 Her presence was just one more goad to Joanna's unravelling nerves. 她的出現(xiàn)只是對(duì)喬安娜幾近崩潰的神經(jīng)的又一次刺激。 返回 goad劍橋詞典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;驅(qū)使 She seemed determined to goad him into a fight . 她似乎鐵了心要激怒他來(lái)打一架。 He refused to be goaded by their insults . 他對(duì)他們的侮辱不屑一顧。 The runner was goadedon by his desire to keep up with the others . 這名跑者不停地努力,一心要跟上其他人。 A group of children were goading (= laughing at or pushing ) another child in the school playground . 一群孩子正在學(xué)校操場(chǎng)上嘲弄推搡另外一個(gè)孩子。 返回 goad