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单词 spur
释义 spur
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] verb transitive (-rr-)
ENCOURAGE 鼓励
■to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster 激励,鞭策;促进,加速
Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth.消费的成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四部小说。
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] verb transitive (-rr-)
SHARP OBJECT 尖物
■to push spurs into the side of a horse to make it go faster (用马刺)策(马)前行
He spurred his horse on and shouted "Faster! Faster!"他用马刺策马向前,嘴里喊著「驾!驾!”
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] noun countable
SHARP OBJECT 尖物
■a sharp, metal, wheel-shaped object which is fixed to the heel of boots worn by people riding horses and is used to encourage the horse to go faster 马刺,靴刺
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] noun countable
MOUNTAIN 山
■a high piece of land which sticks out from a mountain or a group of mountains 山嘴,尖坡
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] noun countable
ENCOURAGEMENT 鼓励
■something that acts as an encouragement for an activity or development 刺激;激励
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。
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] noun countable
spur-of-the-moment informal
■describes a decision, action, etc. that is sudden and done without any planning (决定、行动等)一时冲动的,心血来潮的
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,立刻跳上汽车向海边开去。
UK [spɜ:r] US [spɝ:] noun countable
win/gain your spurs
■to achieve something which proves that you are skilled in a particular type of activity and to therefore win the respect of other people 赢得荣誉;获得声望
He won his political spurs fighting hospital closures during his time as a local councillor in Bristol.担任布里斯托尔市议员期间他因为反对关闭医院而赢得了政治声誉。
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