spur的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB鼓励;激励

If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.

• It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats...

  是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。

• His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.

  朋友的困境促使他投身参与。

VERB促进;加速;推动

If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner.

• The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth...

  政府可能会更加重视推动经济增长。

• The trade pacts will spur an exodus of US businesses to Mexico.

  这些贸易协定将会促使大批美国企业涌向墨西哥。

N-COUNT刺激;激励;推动力

Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.

• ...a belief in competition as a spur to efficiency...

  认为竞争会促进效率的信念

• Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.

  裁员促使很多人开始从事新事业。

N-COUNT马刺;靴刺

Spurs are small metal wheels with sharp points that are attached to the heels of a rider's boots. The rider uses them to make their horse go faster.

N-COUNT山嘴;尖坡

The spur of a hill or mountain is a piece of ground which sticks out from its side.

PHRASE一时冲动;心血来潮

If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it beforehand.

• They admitted they had taken a vehicle on the spur of the moment...

  他们承认是一时冲动偷走了一辆车。

• It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand.

  这可不是头脑一热作出的决定。我们事先仔细地讨论过。

PHRASE获得地位;赢得名望

If you win your spurs or earn your spurs, you achieve a particular status by proving that you can do something skilfully.

• Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.

  年轻的指挥家们在小乐队或小歌剧院里崭露头角。