spur
spur 英 [spɜ:(r)] 美 [spɚ]
n. 鼓舞，鞭策，激励；刺激 v. 鞭策，激励；刺激
进行时:spurring 过去式:spurred 过去分词:spurred 第三人称单数:spurs 名词复数:spurs
- To spur something on is to get it going, to encourage it, to hasten it or stimulate. Cowboys wear spiky metal tools called spurs on their boots to kick their horses and spur them to greater speed.
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- n. 鼓舞，鞭策，激励；刺激
- v. 鞭策，激励；刺激
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1. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
他的讲话很有鼓动力。
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2. I phoned him up on the spur of the moment.
我一时心动，给他打了电话。
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3. a spur-of-the-moment decision
心血来潮的决定
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4. Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed.
她艰辛的童年激励她取得成功。
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5. I was spurred into actionby the letter.
那封信激励我行动起来。
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6. The band has been spurred on by the success of their last single.
最近一张单曲唱片的成功使乐队受到鼓舞。
- spur (n.) Old English spura, spora "metal implement worn on the heel to goad a horse" (related to spurnan "to kick"), from Proto-Germanic *spuron (source also of Old Norse spori, Middle Dutch spore, Dutch spoor, Old High German sporo, German Sporn "spur"), from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn). Related to Dutch spoor, Old English spor "track, footprint, trace."
- spur (v.) c. 1200, from spur (n.). Figurative use from c. 1500. Related: Spurred; spurring. Old English had spyrian, but it meant "follow the track of, track down, investigate."
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