prod
verb- [transitive, intransitive]
to push somebody/something with your finger or with a pointed object 戳；杵；捅 - [transitive]
to try to make somebody do something, especially when they are unwilling 催促；督促；鼓动 - prod somebody into something
She finally prodded him into action. 她终于促使他行动起来。 - prod somebody into doing something
Institutions were prodded into changing over to commercial management structures. 机构被迫转向商业管理结构。 - prod (somebody) + speech
‘You still haven't answered my question,’ she prodded him. “你还没有回答我的问题，”她催促他。 - prod somebody to do something
He kept very quiet until she prodded him to say what he was looking for. 他一直沉默不语，后来她软磨硬泡地让他说出了他想找什么。
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps symbolic of a short poking movement, or a blend of poke and dialect brod ‘to goad, prod’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.