Egg,我们都知道是“蛋,卵”的意思。字典上的解释是“(鸟类的)蛋;(鱼、昆虫等的)卵;(用作食物的)禽蛋;(尤指)鸡蛋;卵子;卵细胞。其实egg除了作为名字外,还可以做动词,英文释义是:to throw eggs at somebody or something, especially to express disapproval;to incite somebody to do something, 即朝…扔鸡蛋;怂恿某人干某事;用法是egg somebody on.类似于incite/ encourage somebody to do something.据说egg的动词用法源于古代斯堪的纳维亚语,和现代英语的edge一词同源。 不过,从语义的角度来说,这两个单词的联系并不明显。 但是在英文中,edge本身也能这么用。 “to give an edge to” 即为 “to encourage”。
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例句:
Bob didn’t want to jump, but his friends kept egging him on.
Bob不想跳,但他的朋友一直在怂恿他跳。
He wouldn't have thrown that stone if the other boys hadn't egged him on.
要不是那些男孩子怂恿他,他不会扔那块石头。
I didn't want to do it but Tom kept egging me on.
我本不想做那件事,但汤姆一直怂恿我。
关于egg,除了作为动词表示“怂恿”意思,还有其他用法,比如;
1. a good egg好人;正人君子
2. have/be left with egg on your face使显得愚蠢;出丑;丢脸
They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.
只有十人到场,他们感到很丢面子。
3. put all your eggs in one basket寄希望于一件事情上
4. nest egg备用的钱;储备金
After all, that nest egg was large enough to likely help Mack with his recent house shopping.
毕竟,他手里的钱还足够他前一阵子买了房子。
5. Scotch egg苏格兰香肠蛋
6. a chicken and egg situation/problem无法决定先后顺序的局面
7. kill the goose that lays the golden egg杀鸡取卵
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