prodding

基本解释

Prodding addicts into treatment without going to court has various benefits.
不用上法庭而刺激瘾君子接受治疗有多方面的好处。
"This is an industry that needs to change faster than it is and it needs outside prodding to do it," he says.
“这是一个需要比现在变化更快的行业，而要做到这一点，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.
如果你的主要目标是深入民间交流，那么一路下来的孤独会是强烈的催化剂，它会刺激你和当地交流的渴望，获得导游书里不可能看到的见闻。

There are times when quiet persistence and gentle prodding is what will produce the best outcome.
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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.