spur /spɜː/ CET4 TEM4 ( spurring, spurred, spurs )

• 1. 

  V-T If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it. 鼓动; 激励

  例：

  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驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB Spur on means the same as . 鼓动; 激励 (同)(spur)

  例：

  Their attitude, rather than reining him back, only seemed to spur Philip on.

  他们的态度非但没令菲利普回头，似乎只是激励他继续下去。

• 3. 

  V-T If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner. 使更快发生; 加速 [journalism]

  例：

  The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth.

  政府可能会更加重视经济的加快增长。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly. 促进因素; 推动

  例：

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

  …一种认为竞争能促进效率提高的观点。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it beforehand. 一时冲动之下

  例：

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

  他们承认一时冲动之下偷了一辆车。