1.[t][i]戳；杵；捅to push sb/sth with your finger or with a pointed object
She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.她用手指杵他的肋部把他叫醒。
He prodded at his breakfast with a fork.他拿叉子戳弄着早餐。
2.[t]~ sb (into sth/into doing sth)催促；督促；鼓动to try to make sb do sth, especially when they are unwilling
She finally prodded him into action.她终于促使他行动起来。
1.戳；杵；捅the act of pushing sb with your finger or with a pointed object
She gave him a sharp prod with her umbrella.她用雨伞使劲捅了他一下。
2.(informal)催促；鼓励；提醒an act of encouraging sb or of reminding sb to do sth
If they haven't replied by next week, you'll have to call them and give them a prod .如果下周他们还没答复，你就得打电话催催他们。
3.（赶牲畜用的）尖棒，刺棒an instrument like a stick that is used for prodding animals
4.(informal)（贬称）新教徒an offensive word for a Protestant
A minute later, they were being prodded into a truck like animals to be taken to a detention camp.
不多久，他们就像动物一样被强行按进载货车里，压往拘留营。
Prodded by some far-sighted diplomats, Australia was one of the first countries to wake up to the economic potential of China.
在一些高瞻远瞩外交官的提醒下，澳大利亚成为最早认识到中国经济潜力的国家之一。
These words can only use certain occasions, as if prodded language abuse, sometimes hurt each other's feelings.
这些话只能在某些特定的场合使用，若作为招呼语滥用，有时就会伤害对方的感情。
If anything, the judges seem to have prodded the government into a firmer line.
不管怎么样，法官们似乎已经将政府逼上更为坚固的底线。
Police prodded her with electric shock clubs until she blistered on her chest, hands and feet.
警察用电棒戳她，使她的胸口和手脚都起了泡。
If Iran can be enticed or, more likely, prodded out of its serial nuclear deceit, the world will indeed be safer.
如果伊朗能够被引诱，或者更有可能被催促着不再进行一系列核武器欺骗活动，那么世界确实会更加安全一些。
That episode also prodded many scientists to ratchet up their efforts to understand tsunamis and communicate their danger.
那些片断也促使科学家努力去研究海啸并且把他们的危害传达给人们。
If you know something needs to be done, do it without being prodded.
如果你知道需要做某项工作，应该不用敦促地完成。
They just threw me in this cell with you after they poked and prodded me and now I just hope they won't kill us.
他们刚才对我又戳又刺的，现在又把我跟你放一起，我只希望他们不要把我们杀了。
I prodded a pretty young marshmallow cretin girl with my crop and made her sprawl on the ground.
我用阴茎戳中了一个年轻甜美的痴呆姑娘，把她放倒在地。
The PEMGroup case is the only time that local regulators have prodded banks to cover 100% of retail investors' losses, officials have said.
台湾官员们说，保盛丰案是台湾首起监管机构要求银行100%弥补散户投资者损失的案子。
Prisoners prodded, whipped and steered by stone-faced cadres into holding cells to be crammed side by side, like decaying logs.
囚犯被面如铁石的狱卒刺戳，鞭打，扭送进囚禁室，再一个挨一个的挤在一起，像正在腐烂的木头。
Together, we moved slowly into the chaos as she gently prodded me forward.
她轻轻地推着我向前走，我们一起慢慢向人群糟杂的地方走去。
Doctors poked, prodded, x-rayed, and even cut open parts of my body to assess and repair the damage I had done.
医生刺、戳、照X光，甚至切割了我身体的开放式部分进行评估并修复了已经有的损坏。
Prodded by the White House, seven Cabinet chiefs announced their departures soon after Nov.
在白宫的催促下，七位内阁要员宣布将于11月5日后卸任。
One investor prodded Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook to see the play "The Agony And Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs. "
某投资者鼓动苹果首席运营官蒂姆·库克关注独白剧“史蒂夫·乔布斯的大喜与大悲”。
Prodded by tight regulation, the banks were much more conservative in their lending than their American counterparts.
由于严格监管的刺激，加拿大银行在其放款方面要比美国银行保守得多。
That contrasted with statements reflecting religious experience, which prodded the brain to retrieve memories and imagery of self in action.
与宗教实践的感受相比，宗教教义语句更能激发大脑自身的记忆系统与自身的意象系统，使其积极参与活动。
The Obama administration has repeatedly prodded Europeans to shore up the euro.
奥巴马政府一再督促欧洲各国要保持欧元稳定。
A 64-year-old UK man withstood 300000 volts of electricity when lightning struck his fork as he prodded sausages on a barbecue.
英国一位64岁的老人近日烤香肠时被30万伏特闪电击中他的烧烤叉，但大难不死。
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