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goad objHgEJd, $goJdv [T]to make a person or an animal do something or encourage them to do it by frequently annoying, upsetting or pushing them刺激; 驱使; 促使; 唆使Will the pressure applied by environmentalists be enough to goad the industrialized nations into using less fossil fuels?环境保护论者们施加的压力将会足够促使工业化国家少用矿物燃料吗?As a manager, he has an undoubted ability to goad his staff to ever greater efforts.作为一名经理，他促使员工勤奋工作的能力不容置疑。She was trying to goad him to buy her a champagne cocktail. [+ obj + to infinitive]她怂恿他给她买一份香槟鸡尾酒。He refused to be goaded by their insults.他不为他们的侮辱所激。The team were goaded on by their desire to be first to complete the course.以第一名完成比赛的念头激励了这一组。To goad is also to laugh at or intentionally annoy someone in an unkind way.嘲笑;骚扰A group of children were goading another child in the school playground.一群孩子在学校的操场上嘲笑另一个孩子。
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