| 词汇 | spur |
| 释义 | spur verb[ T ] uk /spɜːr/ us /spɝː/-rr- spurverb[T] (ENCOURAGE)C2 to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster: 激励，鞭策；促进，加速 Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth.消费的增长有刺激经济加速发展的作用。 Spurred (on) by her early success, she went on to write four more novels in rapid succession.受到之前成功的鼓励，她紧接着又连续写了4部小说。 Encouraging and urging on abet barrack for someone bread bring bring someone out cultivate get in there!idiom get out of here!idiom go on good/great/lovely stuff!idiom goose muster pave pave the wayidiom pep talk permit prepare stimulus stoke urge spurverb[T] (SHARP OBJECT)to push spurs into the side of a horse to make it go faster: （用马刺）策（马）前行 He spurred his horse on and shouted "Faster! Faster!"他用马刺策马向前，嘴里喊着“驾！驾！” Horse riding barrel racing blinder break someone in bridle bridle path capriole chukka chukker curry girth high-spirited horseman horsewoman mounted pony trekking rein riderless saddler showjumper whip spur noun[ C ] uk /spɜːr/ us /spɝː/ spurnoun[C] (SHARP OBJECT)a sharp, wheel-shaped metal object that is attached to the heel of boots worn by people riding horses and is used to encourage the horse to go faster马刺，靴刺 JanessanotherDayInMyLife/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Horse riding barrel racing blinder break someone in bridle bridle path capriole chukka chukker curry girth high-spirited horseman horsewoman mounted pony trekking rein riderless saddler showjumper whip spurnoun[C] (MOUNTAIN)a high piece of land that sticks out from a mountain or a group of mountains山嘴，尖坡 Geography: hills & mountains acclivity alpine tundra clifftop craggy esker highlands hillock Marilyn mesa mid-ocean ridge motte Mount Kilimanjaro pike pinnacle scarp slope steep the Adirondack Mountains the Alaska Range the Alps spurnoun[C] (ENCOURAGEMENT)something that acts as an encouragement for an activity or development: 刺激；激励 The manager said that the team's win on Saturday would be a spur to even greater effort this season.主教练说球队周六的胜利将会激励全队在本赛季中有更好的表现。 Encouraging and urging on abet barrack for someone bread bring bring someone out cultivate get in there!idiom get out of here!idiom go on good/great/lovely stuff!idiom goose muster pave pave the wayidiom pep talk permit prepare stimulus stoke urge Idiomson the spur of the moment win/gain your spurs spur | American Dictionaryspur verb[ T ] us/spɜr/-rr- spurverb[T] (ENCOURAGE)to encourage an activity or development, or to cause something to develop faster: The huge new factory spurred economic growth in the entire region. Phrasal verbspur someone on spur noun[ C ] us/spɜr/ spurnoun[C] (SHARP OBJECT)a sharp metal object sticking out of a U-shaped device that is attached to the heel of a boot and used by a rider to encourage a horse to go faster spurnoun[C] (ENCOURAGEMENT)something that encourages an activity or development or makes it develop faster: The team's win on Saturday will be a spur to even greater effort this season. Idiomon the spur of the moment Examples of spurspur They arise from modified epidermal cells and may be classified into setae and spurs. The prospect of declining future performance spurs leaders to call early elections. They were to be delegated certain powers to pace or control the movement of products between the final assembly spurs. Workers in assembly cells and spurs were to work on an individual end product. The vocabulary spurt, then, could simply be spurred by her increasing articulatory skill. The eloquence spurred by his visage thus carries a tragic burden. In the meantime, enormous technological advances spurred a revolution in the sciences concerned with genes, brain, and development. Hearing a piece of music evoked memories from a person's past, and spurred conversation with others about past experiences. The change spurred fresh debates over crooning and morale. Declining costs of information have been of critical importance in spurring the international growth of service firms and the service functions within manufacturing firms. The current explosion of constitution-making activity is spurring a re-evaluation of the best practices for constitutional reform. Mean stem density was significantly greater on the upper spurs than in the lower, less-steep gullies. Near its distal extremity it carries one or more tibial spurs. In contrast to forms of unpleasantness and adversity that are spurs to useful action, pain must restrict one's capacities in order to justify that equation. In fact, this more heterogeneous membership base probably hindered the expansion of participatory mechanisms and spurred recurrent organisational crises. See all examples of spur These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withspurspurThese are words often used in combination with spur. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bone spur At season's end, he underwent surgery in which doctors removed a bonespur from his shoulder. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. rail spur However, it is understood that the link relates solely to the rail spur and that the dedicated link will not be pursued for the time being. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 railroad spur The building had its own railroad spur that allowed boxcars to be unloaded inside, making delivery of goods to the building easier. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with spur |
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