goad

goad

英 [gəʊd]
　　美 [ɡod]

n. 刺激；（趕牲口用的）刺棒；激勵
　　vt. 刺激；激勵；用刺棒驅趕；煽動
　　n. (Goad)人名；(英)戈德

中文詞源：

goad 招惹，刺激

來自PIE*ghei, 刺，刺激，詞源同gar, goad.

例句：

1. His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.
他的反對反而刺激她堅定瞭取得成功的決心。

2. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response.
他懷疑那位精神科醫生試圖刺激他作出一些本能的反應。

3. Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
埃莉運用自己的機智風趣啟發人們，努力使他們看清眼前的東西。

4. " I want somebody very goad, very safe , to plant that gun, " he told Clemenza.
“ 我看,得找一個非常精明、非常可靠的人去把槍擺到預定地點去, ” 他對克萊門紮說.

5. Hunger goad him to steal a loaf of bread.
饑餓驅迫他偷一塊面包.