spur
常考释义
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
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
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
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
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。
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