spurs的中文翻譯是什麼意思

VERB鼓勵;激勵

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...

  是金錢驅使這些漁民駕著破舊小船冒險出海遠航。

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

  朋友的困境促使他投身參與。

VERB促進;加速;推動

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

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

  政府可能會更加重視推動經濟增長。

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

  這些貿易協定將會促使大批美國企業湧向墨西哥。

N-COUNT刺激;激勵;推動力

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...

  認為競爭會促進效率的信念

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

  裁員促使很多人開始從事新事業。

N-COUNT馬刺;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一時衝動;心血來潮

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...

  他們承認是一時衝動偷走了一輛車。

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

  這可不是頭腦一熱作出的決定。我們事先仔細地討論過。

PHRASE獲得地位;贏得名望

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.

  年輕的指揮家們在小樂隊或小歌劇院裡嶄露頭角。