egg on

参见：Eggon

英语

词源

• 源自中古英语 eggen (“煽动；催促；唆使”)，源自古诺尔斯语 eggja (“促使”)，源自egg (“边缘”)。详见edge。
• 古旧形式“edge on”的变体。

发音

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动词

egg on (第三人称单数简单现在时 eggs on，现在分词 egging on，一般过去时及过去分词 egged on)

1. (及物，俗语) 唆使，怂恿，哄骗 （尤指让某人去干蠢事或鲁莽的事）
   • 1892, Lesslie Hall (translator), 章号 35, 出自 Beowulf:

     Then I heard that at morning one brother the other / With edges of irons egged on to murder,

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   • 1908, Robert Louis Stevenson, 章号 25, 出自 In the South Seas:

     He resented the idea of interference from those who had […] egged him on to a new peril.

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   • 1912, P. G. Wodehouse, 章号 8, 出自 The Adventures of Sally:

     She had deliberately egged him on to wreck his prospects.

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近义词

• provoke

异序词

• gonge