v．刺激，激怒，驱使：用刺棒刺痛或用言语、行为激怒或驱使某人做某事。
goad /ɡəʊd/ [ goading goaded goads ]
及物动词 If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. 刺激
Charles was always goading me.
查尔斯老是刺激我。
可数名词 Goad is also a noun. 刺激
Her presence was just one more goad to Joanna's unravelling nerves.
她的出现只是对乔安娜几近崩溃的神经的又一次刺激。
goaded例句： Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out. 她被气得忍无可忍，于是转身向他猛击。
The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd.
拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。
He finally goaded her into answering his question.
他终于激得她回答了他的问题。
Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out.
她被气得忍无可忍，于是转身向他猛击。
Prodding from the government of New Zealand may have been what eventually goaded the Chinese authorities into action.
On two par-3s he allows himself to be goaded into closest-to-the-hole bets with Stern the marketer (Davis cleans him out).
In 2006, Knight Ridder, goaded by anxious shareholders, made a prescient move and sold itself to The McClatchy Company.
FORBES: Does McClatchy Ever Wish It Was the Target in the Knight Ridder Deal?