| 词汇 | egg on |
| 释义 | Phr V egg on eggs, egging, egged egg on sb or egg sb on to encourage someone to do something, often something that is wrong, stupid, or dangerousA crowd of youths egged him on as he climbed the wall.Egged on by his friends, Joe drank five pints of strong lager. egg sb on • egg on sb to encourage someone to do something, especially something that is not sensible or safe: Joe didn't want to jump, but his friends kept egging him on. The two men, egged on by an excited crowd, started to fight.■ SIMILAR TO: goad on, lead on egg onslang To urge someone to do something, often something mischievous. A noun or pronoun can be used between "egg" and "on." Trevor's never been in trouble before, so I'm sure his friends egged him on to start the food fight. egg someone onto encourage, urge, or dare someone to continue doing something, usually something unwise. John wouldn't have done the dangerous experiment if his brother hadn't egged him on. The two boys kept throwing stones because the other children were egging them on. egg onIncite, urge ahead, provoke, as in Jack is always egging me on to drive faster, or Seemingly quiet, Margo actually eggs on Donald to quarrel with his staff. This expression has nothing to do with hen's eggs but comes from an Old Norse word, eggja, "to edge." Both edge on and egg on were used interchangeably, but today the latter is preferred. [c. 1200] egg onv. To encourage, goad, or incite someone into action: I didn't want to sing karaoke, but my friends egged me on. She egged on her coworkers to sign the petition. |
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