spurred是什么意思？

spurred

英[spɜ:d] 美[spɜd]

• adj. 装有马刺的；
• v. 策（马）前进( spur的过去式和过去分词 )，（尤指用马刺）策（马）加速，鞭策，策马飞奔；

例句

• The girl's loving care spurred his recovery. 姑娘的悉心照料使他康复得很快。
• The riders spurred their horses forward. 骑手们策马前行。
• What spurred them on was alchemy,the “science” of changing ordinary metals into gold. 激励他们的是炼金术，即把普通金属变为金子的“科学”。
• He was spurred on by jealousy to commit a crime. 他受嫉妒心驱使而犯罪.
• Sabres rasped from scabbards and the horsemen spurred forward. 马刀在刀鞘里咔嗒作响，骑手催马向前。
• It'spurred him on, made his attacks wilder. 这使他的欲念更加炽烈, 使他的行为更加野蛮.
• His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part. 朋友的困境促使他投身参与。
• The imminence of negotiations thus probably spurred rather than delayed his dicision. 因此,谈判日益逼近这一事实很有可能不是推迟而是促使他下了决心.
• Its proud successes and its spectacular flops spurred research efforts. 它的应用有多少次辉煌的成就,也有不少次显然的失败,这就推动了对它的研究工作.
• The encouragement of a friend spurred Chris into switching jobs. 在一位朋友的鼓励下，克理斯换了工作。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  鼓励;激励
  If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.
  例句
  It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats... 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。 His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part. 朋友的困境促使他投身参与。
• VERB
  促进;加速;推动
  If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner.
  例句
  The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth... 政府可能会更加重视推动经济增长。 The trade pacts will spur an exodus of US businesses to Mexico. 这些贸易协定将会促使大批美国企业涌向墨西哥。
• N-COUNT
  刺激;激励;推动力
  Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.
  例句
  ...a belief in competition as a spur to efficiency... 认为竞争会促进效率的信念 Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers. 裁员促使很多人开始从事新事业。
• N-COUNT
  马刺;靴刺
  Spurs are small metal wheels with sharp points that are attached to the heels of a rider's boots. The rider uses them to make their horse go faster.
• N-COUNT
  山嘴;尖坡
  The spur of a hill or mountain is a piece of ground which sticks out from its side.
• PHRASE
  一时冲动;心血来潮
  If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it beforehand.
  例句
  They admitted they had taken a vehicle on the spur of the moment... 他们承认是一时冲动偷走了一辆车。 It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand. 这可不是头脑一热作出的决定。我们事先仔细地讨论过。
• PHRASE
  获得地位;赢得名望
  If you win your spurs or earn your spurs, you achieve a particular status by proving that you can do something skilfully.
  例句
  Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house. 年轻的指挥家们在小乐队或小歌剧院里崭露头角。