v.刺激；激勵(lì)；驅(qū)使
n.刺棒；激勵(lì)物；刺激物
His persistent questions finally goaded me into an angry reply. 他三番五次地問問題惹得我回答時(shí)也沒有好氣。
He kept goading me to fight. 他不斷煽動(dòng)我去打架。
用作名詞 (n.)A goad is used for prodding cattle. 刺棒是趕牲畜用的。
They are motivated by the twin goads of punishment and reward. 他們受賞與罰的雙重因素所激勵(lì)。
They needed the goad of threatened fines to make them take action. 他們需要罰款威脅的刺激來使他們采取行動(dòng)。
