spur
美 [spɜr] 
英 [spɜː(r)]
- v.刺激；激励；促进；鞭策
- n.刺激；激励；鞭策；靴刺
- 网络距；马刺；踢马刺
词形变化
复数：spurs 过去式：spurred 现在分词：spurring 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 马刺；靴刺a sharp pointed object that riders sometimes wear on the heels of their boots and use to encourage their horse to go faster |
2. | [ususing] ~ (to sth) 鞭策；激励；刺激；鼓舞a fact or an event that makes you want to do sth better or more quickly |
| His speech was a powerful spur to action. 他的讲话很有鼓动力。 |
3. | 山嘴；尖坡；支脉an area of high ground that sticks out from a mountain or hill |
4. | （公路或铁路的）支线，岔线a road or a railway/railroad track that leads from the main road or line |
1. | 鞭策；激励；刺激；鼓舞to encourage sb to do sth or to encourage them to try harder to achieve sth |
| Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed. 她艰辛的童年激励她取得成功。 |
| I was spurred into action by the letter. 那封信激励我行动起来。 |
| The band has been spurred on by the success of their last single. 最近一张单曲唱片的成功使乐队受到鼓舞。 |
2. | ~ sth 促进，加速，刺激（某事发生）to make sth happen faster or sooner |
| The agreement is essential to spurring economic growth around the world. 这项协议对于促进世界经济的增长是至关重要的。 |
3. | ~ sth 策（马）前进；（尤指用马刺）策（马）加速to encourage a horse to go faster, especially by pushing the spurs on your boots into its side |
习惯用语
on the spur of the moment
一时冲动之下；心血来潮suddenly, without planning in advance
| I phoned him up on the spur of the moment. 我一时冲动，给他打了电话。 |
| a spur-of-the-moment decision 心血来潮的决定 |
win/earn your spurs
获得名望；取得成功to achieve fame or success
英汉解释
n. | 1. 刺激物,鼓励品;促进器;教唆,挑拨,煽动,鼓舞,刺激 2. 树根;【植】(花)距;短枝;(军舰的)冲角;【动】(鸟类,虫类等的)距;(斗鸡时加于鸡腿上的)距铁 3. 山嘴,山鼻子;石嘴,尖坡,悬岩;支脉,横岭;【铁路】支线;迹(数);【建】凸壁;支撑物 |
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英英解释
例句
But so far it's unclear whether China's central government is ready to roll out consumer incentives to spur sales of electric cars.
不过，到目前为止尚不清楚中国中央政府是否准备推出消费激励措施，促进电动车的销售。
His brothers said it was done on the spur of the moment, but his colleagues at al-Baghdadia said he had been planning it for months.
他的兄弟认为这只是一时冲动之举，而同在al-Baghdadia工作的同事则表示，他为此已经策划数月。
And that change taught me that letting loose and giving in to a spur-of-the-moment1 idea is what life is all about.
从这个改变中我学到，放松一下自己、随着一时的冲动干点傻事才是生活真谛之所在。
Mr Obama's subsidies for green technology fattened the bottom line of a few chosen firms but did very little to spur jobs.
奥巴马政府在绿色科技领域的补贴计划养肥了一批经过筛选且处于低谷的公司，但在促进就业方面收效甚微。
If the timing's right, I'm ready to go out with a guy spur-of-the-moment.
如果时机合适，我会不假思索地跟一个男人出去。
I do not know, " he said aloud. " I never had a bone spur.
我说不上来，“他说出声来。”我从来没有长过骨刺。
Colonel: Ahh. . . it's just not possible Poirot. Nobody could think all that up all by himself on the spur of the moment.
上校：啊！这简直是不可能的，波洛，没有人相信他能在一瞬间独自完成这一切。
With Treasurys yielding only 3%, it's not clear how much more demand the Fed will spur by getting them down to, say, 2. 5%.
由于财政部获利仅3%，例如美联通过降低利率到2.5%，它更能刺激多少需求还不得而知。
His impending suicide was premeditated and not a spur-of-the-moment thing as he'd tried to have himself believe.
他即将自杀是有预谋而不是一个短枝型矩的事，因为他要试图有自己相信。
They may decide to go for a weekend in Thailand on the spur of the moment, and the personal assistant has to make it happen.
他们可能一时冲动，决定去泰国度周末，这位私人秘书就只好让美梦成真。
To BE good, a musician had not only to rememBEr his part but also to BE able to invent new variations on the spur of the moment.
要当个好乐师，不仅必须记住自己应演奏的部分，而且要能够即兴创作出新的变奏曲调。
The Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are trying to push down borrowing costs to spur faster growth.
美联储（FederalReserve）和英国央行（BankofEngland）都试图降低贷款成本，以便刺激经济更快增长。
Eg. He got the air form Juliet just because he asked her to marry him on the spur of the moment.
他想Juliet求婚遭到拒绝，是因为他是在一时冲动之下向她求婚的。
Scarce and expensive skilled labour is often a spur to invention.
稀缺而价格昂贵的技术劳动常常是发明创造的推动力量。
Carlisle wasn't considering age too intently, as each of these decisions was spur-of-the-moment as well as life-or-death.
对于年龄卡莱尔并没有太多的考量，每一个都是在生死关头争分夺秒所作出的决定。
The release of a long-awaited U. S. government plan to rid bank balance sheets of money-losing "toxic" assets has also been a big spur.
令人翘首企盼的美国政府清理银行“有毒”资产的计划，也是一个重要提振因素。
So Groundhog Day makes a good yearly spur to ask: "What would my perfect day be? " It might be easier than you think to arrange it.
所以，土拨鼠日就能很好地年年来促动人们问自己：“我的完美一天是什么样子？”安排这样的一天这也许比你认为地要容易。
You sometimes act before you think and do things on the spur of the moment, and that sometimes gets you into trouble.
你有时会采取行动之前，你想，做的一时冲动，而且有时让你陷入麻烦的事情。
Though the U. S. is still burdened with a large deficit, officials argue that its ambitious stimulus program has helped spur growth.
尽管美国仍背负着巨额赤字，官员们却说，美国规模宏大的刺激计划帮助推动了增长。
He had not planned to take the trip; he just went on the spur of the moment.
他事先没有计划这趟旅行，只是一时高兴就走了。
You know, without the spur of your presence I should never have roused myself to invite them.
你知道，如果没有你在家这个推动力，我永远也鼓不起勇气邀请他们的。
Never was there such a spur for fighting.
从来还没有过这么好的鼓斗志的事。
The spur branches away here from the main line.
这条支线在这里与主干线分岔。（=branchoff）
In the next few weeks, the Federal Reserve is expected to inject vast sums of money into the economy in another attempt to spur growth.
在接下来的几周内，预计美联储会向市场注入大量资金，来进一步刺激经济增长。
moreover, so insistent was the spur within me that to stop my poetic adventure was a matter of sheer impossibility.
而且，我内心抒发情感的激情如此迫切，若要阻止我写作诗歌的冒险的历程简直是不可能的事情。
The band you went to see on that wet Tuesday after work on the spur of the moment is likely to be literally incomparable.
在阴雨的周二下班后，你去看的那个乐队演出，那种欢欣鼓舞的时刻可能确实是无可匹敌的。
What information should my utility company (or others) be sharing with me that will spur me to use less energy?
我的公共公司（或其它公司）需要提供哪些信息，才能刺激我去节省更多的能源？
We know someone who recently made a spur-of-the-moment stop at an animal shelter and walked out a few minutes later with a new dog.
我们看到最近一些人在动物收留所门口一时冲动，几分钟后带着一条狗出来了。
One of the best way to spur employees to higher levels of performance is to show them that doing so needs to promotions within the company.
最佳方式之一是刺激员工向更高水平的工作执行，表明这样做可以在在公司内部得到晋升。
The specter of every country trying to devalue more than competitors to spur exports stirs frightening images of the Great Depression.
为了刺激出口，每个国家都试图让本币的贬值幅度超过竞争对手，这种恐惧使人们回想起大萧条时期的恐怖画面。
They had no one who came up with wacko ideas on the spur of the moment, and no one who could keep options open for a while.
没有人能突发奇想想出什么疯狂的主意，而且没有人可以在一段时间内，对不同方案保持开放的心态。
Acting on the spur of the moment, he said he'd take the job.
他突然心血来潮，说要干这项工作。
"The rivaling poor Jones, and supplanting him in her affections, added another spur to his pursuit" (Henry Fielding).
“对抗的可怜的琼斯，以及用她的影响取代他的位置的举动进一步刺激了他的追求”（亨利•费尔汀）。
On the spur of the moment I decided to loan my sofa and my rug to my niece who was moving to a larger home.
我不假思索地就决定把我的沙发和我的小地毯借给我的侄女，她就要搬到一个较大的家了。
Once you take the train to go halfway to A, but suddenly the spur of the moment in the B underground vehicle. Maybe is.
某次你搭火车打算到A地去，中途却忽然临时起意在B地下了车。也许是。
OK. OK. You're convinced me: Buying a puppy on the spur of the moment would be a dumb thing to do.
萨姆：好吧。好吧。我已经被你说服了：因一时冲动买狗，会是一件愚蠢的事。
Is it (A) to help spur the economy, (B) to help homeowners pay their mortgages, (C) to help middle class face financial hardship?
它（A）帮助刺激经济了吗，（B）帮助私房屋主付抵押了吗，（C）帮助中产阶级面对经济困难了吗？
Though quite unprepared , he was nevertheless able to sing a folk song on the spur of the moment .
尽管毫无准备，他还是能即席演唱一首民歌。
Because of the better spur control than DDS, the Phase Locked Loop (PLL) frequency synthesis is usually used in frequency agile synthesis.
锁相频率合成（PLL）具有比DDS更优秀的杂散抑制能力，常用于捷变频率合成。
You know, without the spur of your presence I should never have roused myself to invite them.
你知道，如果没有你在家这个推动力，我永远也鼓不起勇气邀请他们的。
Police said the attack wasn't some spur of the moment idea.
警方说，这次袭击不是一些一时冲动的想法。
But, momentum is everything in sports, and a lackluster win going into a long time away from home is not going to spur momentum.
但是，在体育运动中，动力就是一切，而暗淡的客场之旅并不能刺激动力。
This was not done on the spur of the moment. It had all been planned by God for our salvation and we can rejoice in it today.
那不是一个即兴的计划，却是神早已为我们预备的救恩计划，让我们今天为到得著救恩而欢欣。
