v.刺激；激励；驱使

n.刺棒；激励物；刺激物

His persistent questions finally goaded me into an angry reply. 他三番五次地问问题惹得我回答时也没有好气。

He kept goading me to fight. 他不断煽动我去打架。

A goad is used for prodding cattle. 刺棒是赶牲畜用的。

They are motivated by the twin goads of punishment and reward. 他们受赏与罚的双重因素所激励。

They needed the goad of threatened fines to make them take action. 他们需要罚款威胁的刺激来使他们采取行动。