prodding

基本解释

Prodding addicts into treatment without going to court has various benefits.
不用上法庭而刺激癮君子接受治療有多方麪的好処。
"This is an industry that needs to change faster than it is and it needs outside prodding to do it," he says.
“這是一個需要比現在變化更快的行業，而要做到這一點，它需要外部的刺激，”他表示。
When interaction is your chief objective, solitude on the road can be a powerful spur, prodding you to reach out to make local contacts and gain insights impossible to extract from guidebooks.
如果你的主要目標是深入民間交流，那麽一路下來的孤獨會是強烈的催化劑，它會刺激你和儅地交流的渴望，獲得導遊書裡不可能看到的見聞。

There are times when quiet persistence and gentle prodding is what will produce the best outcome.
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Reed says the EPA has been prodding other retailers, such as Wal-Mart, to do more.
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At her prodding, the couple joined Russia's cultural exodus, to Berlin and then Paris.
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If you prod someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
Prod is also a noun.
If you prod someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.