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词汇 goad
释义 goad
verb[ T ]
uk /ɡəʊd/ us /ɡoʊd/

goadverb[T] (provoke)


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;驱使
goad someone into somethingShe seemed determined to goad him into a fight.她似乎铁了心要激怒他来打一架。
He refused to be goaded by their insults.他对他们的侮辱不屑一顾。
be goaded onThe runner was goaded on by his desire to keep up with the others.这名跑者不停地努力,一心要跟上其他人。
A group of children were goading (= laughing at or pushing) another child in the school playground.一群孩子正在学校操场上嘲弄推搡另外一个孩子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sucker
sway
uncoerced
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable

goadverb[T] (TOUCH WITH STICK)


to touch an animal with the end of a pointed object in order to make it angry or encourage it to do something:
The picador goaded the bull with a spear.
Dogs were made furious by being goaded with sticks.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Pushing and shoving
bat
bat something/someone away
boop
bring
bring someone down
bundle
dig
elbow
knock someone down
mash
poke
poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom
prod
push
rib
shoulder
shove
upend
upset
wrangle
goad
noun[ C ]
uk /ɡəʊd/ us /ɡoʊd/

goadnoun[C] (PROVOCATION)


something that encourages someone to do something, especially by annoying or upsetting them:
His speech should serve as a goad to action.
That hurt his sense of patriotic pride and was one of the goads that sent him off around the world.
It has been an incentive and a goad to me.
If I take a holiday of more than two weeks, the pain returns and pain is a very effective goad.
His filmmaker son had never gotten around to recording his father's wartime memories, and his failure to do so became a kind of goad to get it right with the subjects of the film.
The teasing glimpse of so many gorgeous spots is a goad to renew your own passport and get moving.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sucker
sway
uncoerced
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable

goadnoun[C] (STICK)


a stick for poking an animal to make it do what you want:
A boy walked alongside the ox-train, prodding the oxen with a metal pointed goad.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hand weapons
basket hilt
battleaxe
bayonet
blowgun
blowpipe
double-edged sword
falchion
flick knife
haft
halberd
rapier
recurve
rocket-propelled grenade
RPG
sabre
scabbard
tomahawk
trident
two-edged
unfond

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goad | American Dictionary


goad
verb[ T ]
us/ɡoʊd/
to cause someone to do something by being annoying:
His brother goaded him into a wrestling match.
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