词组 | spur on |
释义 | Idiom spur onspur (someone/something) on to encourage someone or something.I yelled at the dog to drop my hat, but that seemed to spur him on to chew it up.Having more women in government may spur on other women with an interest in entering politics. Phr V spur on spurs, spurring, spurred spur on sb or spur sb on to encourage someone to try harder in order to achieve somethingSpurred on by the crowd, Coventry scored two goals in the first 30 minutes. sometimes + toOne success should spur him on to even greater achievements. sometimes + to do sthYou lose a bit of weight and it spurs you on to lose even more. spur sb on to encourage someone to try harder in order to succeed: The course was really tough, but the desire to make her family proud of her spurred her on.spur sb on to do sth Recent discoveries are spurring us on to find a better treatment for the disease.■ SIMILAR TO: urge on spur onTo urge, encourage, or goad someone onward in some task or activity. Likened to applying the spurs on one's boots to compel a horse to move forward or go faster. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spur" and "on." There were times when she wanted to give up, but her desire to beat her rival in the championship spurred her on. Analysts think the president's recent actions have spurred on the economy. spur someone onto urge someone onward; to egg someone on. (Fig. on applying spurs to a horse.) The crowd spurred the runners on throughout the race. The cheering spurred on the runners. spur onGoad or urge ahead, as in The thought of winning a Pulitzer Prize spurred the reporter on. This expression transfers using spurs to make a horse go faster to incentives of other kinds. [Late 1500s] spur onv. 1. To urge some horse onward by the use of spurs: The knight spurred the horse on across the shallow river. I spurred on the horse as fast as it could go. 2. To stimulate or encourage someone or something: Low gas prices spurred on the booming economy. We never could have finished the project if our boss hadn't spurred us on. |
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