spur
/spɜː/
noun / verb
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
马刺;激励;山嘴;刺激;激励
释义与例句
noun
马刺;激励;山嘴
a pointed device on a rider's boot, or something that encourages action, or a ridge of land
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The cowboy wore spurs on his boots.
牛仔的靴子上戴着马刺。
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The promise of a bonus was a spur to work harder.
奖金的承诺激励人们更努力工作。
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They climbed along a narrow spur of the mountain.
他们沿着一条狭窄的山嘴攀登。
verb
刺激;激励
to encourage or cause something to happen faster
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The coach spurred his team on to victory.
教练激励球队走向胜利。
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Lower taxes spurred economic growth.
减税刺激了经济增长。
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Her success spurred him to try harder.
她的成功激励他更加努力。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
谐音'斯波'→ 像马刺一样刺一下 → 刺激、激励。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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spurred 受刺激的过去分词作形容词,表示被激励的。
同义词
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stimulate 刺激;激励stimulate 偏正式,spur 带有更生动的鞭策意味。The tax cut will stimulate the economy. 减税将刺激经济。
反义词
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discourage 使气馁;阻碍discourage 是打消积极性,与 spur 的激励相反。Don't let failure discourage you. 不要因失败而气馁。
常见搭配
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spur on 激励The crowd spurred the runners on. 人群激励着赛跑者。
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on the spur of the moment 一时冲动We decided to go on the spur of the moment. 我们一时冲动决定出发。
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spur growth 刺激增长New policies will spur growth. 新政策将刺激增长。