prod

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  • n.戳；杵；捅；催促
  • v.戳；杵；捅；催促
  • Web刺；刺激；激励
Plural Form：prods  Past Tense：prodded  Present Participle：prodding  

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prod
v.
1.
[t][i]
戳；杵；捅to push sb/sth with your finger or with a pointed object
She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.
她用手指杵他的肋部把他叫醒。
He prodded at his breakfast with a fork.
他拿叉子戳弄着早餐。
2.
[t]
~ sb (into sth/into doing sth)
催促；督促；鼓动to try to make sb do sth, especially when they are unwilling
She finally prodded him into action.
她终于促使他行动起来。
n.
1.
戳；杵；捅the act of pushing sb with your finger or with a pointed object
She gave him a sharp prod with her umbrella.
她用雨伞使劲捅了他一下。
2.
(informal)
催促；鼓励；提醒an act of encouraging sb or of reminding sb to do sth
If they haven't replied by next week, you'll have to call them and give them a prod .
如果下周他们还没答复，你就得打电话催催他们。
3.
（赶牲畜用的）尖棒，刺棒an instrument like a stick that is used for prodding animals
4.
(informal)
（贬称）新教徒an offensive word for a Protestant

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AllAll,戳戳,杵杵,捅捅,催促催促,刺刺,刺激刺激,激励激励
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1.
Prod him on what's the next thing on his mind, and he jokes, "Sandwich (smiles). . . I'm starving for one. "
问到在他脑中出现的下一件事是什么，他笑到，“三明治…我迫不及待想要一个（饿极了）”
wèn dào zài tā nǎo zhōng chū xiàn de xià yī jiàn shì shì shén me , tā xiào dào , " sān míng zhì … wǒ pò bù jí dài xiǎng yào yī gè ( è jí le ) "
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2.
Jackson, who said Odom appeared to be playing a game of curling in an exhibition last week, continued to prod Odom before the game.
杰克逊，这个说奥多姆在上周的季前赛似乎是玩一个在冰壶的游戏的主教练，在本场比赛之前，继续刺激着奥多姆。
jié kè xùn , zhè ge shuō ào duō mǔ zài shàng zhōu de jì qián sài sì hū shì wán yī gè zài bīng hú de yóu xì de zhǔ jiào liàn , zài běn chǎng bǐ sài zhī qián , jì xù cì jī zhe ào duō mǔ 。
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3.
The United States might well provide that prod if it did not fear a united Europe would turn on America.
如果美国不怕联合的欧洲会对它反目的话，它完全可以提供这种推动力。
rú guǒ měi guó bú pà lián hé de ōu zhōu huì duì tā fǎn mù de huà , tā wán quán kě yǐ tí gōng zhè zhǒng tuī dòng lì 。
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4.
But China will continue trying to prod the North Koreans into reforming the economy and opening the country more to the outside world.
中国将继续尝试刺激朝鲜进行经济改革、对外部世界开放更多。
zhōng guó jiāng jì xù cháng shì cì jī cháo xiǎn jìn xíng jīng jì gǎi gé 、 duì wài bù shì jiè kāi fàng gèng duō 。
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5.
There was a limit to how far he could let the General prod him .
他不能无限地一味听从将军的驱策。
tā bù néng wú xiàn de yí wèi tīng cóng jiāng jūn de qū cè 。
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6.
I used to prod myself into making a list before I left the office at night, but after a really hectic day, I was zoned.
我过去常常在晚上离开办公室前督促自己制作出行事列表，然而，真正忙碌一天之后，我变得思维麻木，反应迟钝。
wǒ guò qù cháng cháng zài wǎn shang lí kāi bàn gōng shì qián dū cù zì jǐ zhì zuò chū xíng shì liè biǎo , rán ér , zhēn zhèng máng lù yī tiān zhī hòu , wǒ biàn de sī wéi má mù , fǎn yìng chí dùn 。
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7.
The element tells Castor that this relationship makes use of an additional table called category_prod.
元素告诉Castor：该关系利用一个称为category_prod的额外的表。
yuán sù gào su Castor : gāi guān xì lì yòng yī gè chēng wéi category_prod de é wài de biǎo 。
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8.
Code can only be part of a release when it has been promoted to prod.
代码进入产品化阶段，它可能只是发布的一部分。
dài mǎ jìn rù chǎn pǐn huà jiē duàn , tā kě néng zhǐ shì fā bù de yí bù fen 。
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9.
The U. S. is looking for new levers to prod China to let its currency rise. But its choices are limited.
美国正在寻找新的工具来促使中国允许人民币升值，但能用的工具有限。
měi guó zhèng zài xún zhǎo xīn de gōng jù lái cù shǐ zhōng guó yǔn xǔ rén mín bì shēng zhí , dàn néng yòng de gōng jù yǒu xiàn 。
chinese.wsj.com
10.
Friedman is absolutely right to prod the US to respond. But colour-coding such a big and diverse country is not so simple.
费德曼这样督促美国回应中国当然没错，但要给这么一个幅员辽阔，各地域情况不同的国家定出颜色不容易。
fèi dé màn zhè yàng dū cù měi guó huí yìng zhōng guó dāng rán méi cuò , dàn yào gěi zhè me yī gè fú yuán liáo kuò , gè dì yù qíng kuàng bù tóng de guó jiā dìng chū yán sè bù róng yì 。
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