| 词汇 | spur |
| 释义 | spur verb [ T ] uk/spɜːr/ us/spɝː/ -rr- (ENCOURAGE) C2 激励，鞭策；促进，加速 to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth. 消费的增长有刺激经济加速发展的作用。 Spurred (on) by her early success, she went on to write four more novels in rapid succession. 受到之前成功的鼓励，她紧接着又连续写了4部小说。 (SHARP OBJECT) （用马刺）策（马）前行 to push spurs into the side of a horse to make it go faster He spurred his horse on and shouted "Faster! Faster!" 他用马刺策马向前，嘴里喊着“驾！驾！” spur noun [ C ] uk/spɜːr/ us/spɝː/ (SHARP OBJECT) 马刺，靴刺 a sharp, wheel-shaped metal object that is attached to the heel of boots worn by people riding horses and is used to encourage the horse to go faster (MOUNTAIN) 山嘴，尖坡 a high piece of land that sticks out from a mountain or a group of mountains (ENCOURAGEMENT) 刺激；激励 something that acts as an encouragement for an activity or development The manager said that the team's win on Saturday would be a spur to even greater effort this season. 主教练说球队周六的胜利将会激励全队在本赛季中有更好的表现。 Idioms on the spur of the momentidiom informalC2 （决定、行动等）一时冲动的，心血来潮的 used to say that a decision, action, etc. is sudden and done without any planning We hadn't planned to go away - it was one of those spur-of-the-moment decisions. 我们本来没打算走的——这是一时冲动作出的决定。 We just jumped in a car on the spur of the moment and drove to the seaside. 我们一时心血来潮，当即跳上汽车向海边开去。 win/gain your spursidiom 赢得荣誉；获得声望 to achieve something that proves that you are skilled in a particular type of activity and to therefore win the respect of other people He won his political spurs fighting hospital closures during his time as a local councillor in Bristol. 他因担任布里斯托尔市议员期间反对关闭医院而赢得了政治声誉。 |
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