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spurn.
1. instrument attached to a rider's heel to prick hishorse's side踢馬刺。
△2H.IV.1.1.41:“He told methat rebellion had bad luck,/ And that young HarryPercy's spur was cold.” i.e. Hotspur (Harry Percy)being dead is now cold. 他告訴我說叛軍遭到了噩運，年輕的飛將軍已經(jīng)飛不動、冰冷了。
2. incitement,incentive,stimulus刺激（物），激勵（物）。
△Lr.2.1.77(75):“If they not thought the profits ofmy death / Were very pregnant and potential spurs /To make thee seek it.”要是他們不認為我死后的好處具有非常明顯而強有力的刺激，這才促使你置我于死地。(按：spurs—詞，又作spirits = evil spirits,i.e. tempters，引申意思相近。)
△2H.VI.1.3.153(150):“She's tickled now,herfume needs no spurs，”她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被激怒了，她的怒火不需要再加什么刺激。
spurvt.
1.prick and drive with the spur,incite用馬刺踢刺，刺激。
△Gent.5.2.7: “But love will not be spurred towhat it loathes.”但是愛情可不能被踢到它所憎惡的人的懷抱里。
2. incite,impel激勵，推動。
△Tw.3.3.4:“My desire /...did spur me forth，”我的心愿鼓勵我向前。
3. hasten加緊，趕快。
△Gent 5.1.6:“So much theyspur their expedition.”他們總是那樣急于求成。
～ vi. ride fast,travel with great expedition騎馬急馳，兼程趕路。
△1H.VI.4.3.17:“Thou princely leader ofour English strength,/ Never so needful on the earthof France,/ Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot，”你是我們英國軍隊的主帥，在法蘭西境內現(xiàn)在正緊急需要你，請火速馳援高貴的塔爾博特吧。
△2H.IV.1.1.36:“After himcame spurring hard / A gentleman，”一位紳士在他之后疾馳而來。 spur[sp?:]n. 馬刺v.鞭策，鼓舞，刺激，疾馳
◇ on the spur of the moment憑一時沖動
spur on鞭策
‖ spur intensive cooperation促進密切合作
spur spending增加開支 |