v．刺激，激励，驱使：用刺棒或其他方式激励或驱使某人或动物行动。
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 = 被刺激的 goading = 刺激 goads = 棍棒 ...
Charles was always goading me.
查尔斯老是刺激我。
Stop goading the poor beast!
别再驱赶那可怜的动物了！
He kept goading me to fight.
他不断煽动我去打架。
The dramatic possibilities of infantile bullies goading each other to violence are sadly limited.
She was constantly goading the industry to try harder, but dismissed pictures that seemed to try hard.
The public has had a bellyful of change, thanks in large part to Perot's goading in 1992.