goad
goad 英 [gəʊd] 美 [goʊd]
n. 刺激；（赶牲口用的）刺棒；激励 vt. 刺激；激励；用刺棒驱赶；煽动
进行时:goading 过去式:goaded 过去分词:goaded 第三人称单数:goads 名词复数:goads
- A goad is a pointy stick or other instrument used to prod something along. To goad is to poke something with that pointy stick. Either way, the pointiness is really essential for making things leap into action.
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- n. 刺激；（赶牲口用的）刺棒；激励
- vt. 刺激；激励；用刺棒驱赶；煽动
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1. Gene Sperling tried to goad me into trying it, but I told him I’d had about all the free falls I could stand.
吉恩·斯珀林也想煽动我尝试一下，但我告诉他，我已经经历过能承受的所有自由落体运动了。
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2. To be successful at sales, you need to be able to cope with rejection -- an even to turn it into a goad that creates more success.
要想成为一名成功的销售员，就需要学会应对拒绝——用平和的心态将其转化为一种激励，那样能够为你创造更多机会。
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3. They portray two old guys facing terminal illnesses who goad each other into accomplishing some long held fantasies as they stare down that long tunnel with the white light at the end.
影片刻画了两位罹患绝症的老人，他们相互激励，相约实现各自心中长久以来保留的梦想，最后目光定在长长的隧道尽头的白光，垂下了双眼。
- goad (n.) Old English gad "point, spearhead, arrowhead, pointed stick used for driving cattle," from Proto-Germanic *gaido "goad, spear" (source also of Lombardic gaida "spear"), which is perhaps cognate with Sanskrit hetih "missile, projectile," himsati "he injures;" Avestan zaena- "weapon;" Greek khaios "shepherd's staff;" Old English gar "spear;" Old Irish gae "spear." Figurative use "anything that urges or stimulates" is since 16c., probably from the Bible.
- goad (v.) 1570s, from goad (n.); earliest use is figurative, "incite, stimulate, instigate." Literal use by 1610s. Related: Goaded; goading.
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