1. Some posters who said they were employed by the shops’ parent company, DSG, said some customers deserved to be punched, and asked if they should be allowed to “cattle prod” them.

一些贴子的主人说他们受雇于这两家连锁店的的母公司，DSG公司。 他们说一些客户应该受到惩罚，并且他们曾经问过是否允许给这些客户一些“刺激”。

2. DoubleLine Chief Executive Jeffrey Gundlach said Monday that the S&P warning "should serve as an effective cattle prod in pushing the politicians toward a program of spending cuts and tax increases."

DoubleLine首席执行官Jeffrey Gundlach周一称,标普的警告"应被视为促使政要们推进减支和增税计划的有效驱策."

3. The most famous is the electric eel, which a colleague of Markham’s termed “a frog with a cattle prod attached,” but most animals use the electrical signals in more subtle ways.

马克汉姆的一位同事将之称为“长着赶牛棒的青蛙”。 不过，大多数动物以更加微妙的方式使用电信号。