"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
"He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
1.招惹；刺激；激怒
If yougoad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.
e.g. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying togoad him into some unguarded response...
他怀疑那位精神科医生试图刺激他作出一些本能的反应。
e.g. Charles was always goading me.
查尔斯总是招惹我。
2.刺激；激励
Agoad is something that makes someone do a particular thing.
goad的反义词
e.g. Ellie uses wit as agoad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。
3.（赶牛用的）尖头棒
Agoad is a sharp, pointed stick that is used for driving cattle.
1. 刺棒：每辆牛车用6头阉牛拖拉,车夫用一根长度至少有20英尺的刺棒(goad)赶牛,刺棒悬挂在车顶下面,对于辕牛(靠近车轮的一对牛),用较短的刺棒去驱赶;长棒中段,另附凸出的尖刺,与主棒成直角,用来击刺中间的两头牛.
2. 刺激物：goa 西藏羚羊 |goad 刺激物 | goaf 废矿
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3. 激励：gloat (山羊)满足的看, |goad 激励 | infuriate 激怒
4. 剌激;煸动：graw#啮 |goad#剌激;煸动 | gorge#塞饱;狼吞虎咽
他三番五次地问问题惹得我回答时也没有好气。
He kept goading me to fight.他不断煽动我去打架。
Stop goading the poor beast!别再驱赶那可怜的动物了！
A goad is used for prodding cattle.刺棒是赶牲畜用的。
They are motivated by the twin goads of punishment and reward.他们受赏与罚的双重因素所激励。
They needed the goad of threatened fines to make them take action.他们需要罚款威胁的刺激来使他们采取行动。
goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out.她被气得忍无可忍，于是转身向他猛击。
He finally goaded her into answering his question.他终于激得她回答了他的问题。
The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd.拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。
He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response...他怀疑那位精神科医生试图刺激他作出一些本能的反应。
Charles was always goading me.查尔斯总是招惹我。
Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。
Hunger goad him to steal a loaf of bread.饥饿驱迫他偷一块面包.
One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.刺激令人振奋的刺激物; 激励.
The opposition is trying to goad the government into calling an election.在野反对党正努力激起政府提出选举.
To urge or goad to action.催促或唤起行动.
Very goad to meet you.这个问题很多新人都会关心的!
Computer simulation showed that such a method achieved goad recognition effect.计算机仿真实验表明,该方法取得了较好的识别效果.
They needed the goad of threatened fines to make them take action.他们需要罚款威胁的刺激来使他们采取行动.
A slight goad or incentive; a small stimulus.刺激小刺激或激励; 小刺激.
He needed to goad the mage into acting rashly.他需要刺激这位法师,使他自乱阵脚.
A pointed object, such as an ice pick, a goad, or a thorn.尖刺尖头物, 如冰戳, 尖棒或荆棘.
To live to eat is not a goad attitude toward life.活着就是为了吃不是好的生活态度.
The writer said he needed some goad because he was indolent.这个作家说他需要刺激,因为他很懒惰.
In the Bible, however, angels are muscular bullies who frequently goad humans into fistfights.而在圣经中, 天使们却常常是唆使人们互殴的肌肉发达的壮汉模样.
A goad, as for prodding cattle.刺棒赶牲畜用的尖头棒.
Some people think the year of goad is a jinx.人们普遍认为羊年不吉利.
" I want somebody very goad, very safe , to plant that gun, " he told Clemenza.“ 我看,得找一个非常精明、非常可靠的人去把枪摆到预定地点去, ” 他对克莱门扎说.
Although the innkeeper was warm, we guessed that his real goad was to get more money.尽管客栈老板很热情, 但我们猜想他的真正目的是为了得到更多的钱.
He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response.他怀疑那位精神科医生试图刺激他作出一些本能的反应。
His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.他的反对反而刺激她坚定了取得成功的决心。
Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。
Poverty was an essential goad to industry.
出自：E. P. ThompsonThe blame was torture, like knives goading him.
出自：D. H. LawrenceRecriminations simply goaded him into a deeper fury.
出自：I. HamiltonHe galloped to the river's edge and goaded the beast to plunge in.
出自：J. A. MichenerThe inconstancy of a crowd goaded by rhetoric.
出自：P. Ustinov
