egg on

英 [eɡ ɒn]

美 [eɡ ɑːn]

怂恿; 煽动; 唆使

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 怂恿;煽动;唆使
  If youegga personon, you encourage them to do something, especially something dangerous or foolish.
  1. He was lifting up handfuls of leaves and throwing them at her. She was laughing and egging him on...
     他抓起一把把叶子扔向她，她大笑着鼓动他。
  2. They egged each other on to argue and to fight.
     他们互相拱火，大打大闹。

英英释义

verb

• urge on
  1. The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
  Synonym:prodincite

双语例句

• When he didn't, you were left with egg on your face and a hole in your heart.
  可是他没能如你所愿，于是你觉得脸上好象被丢了鸡蛋，你的心好象被扎了个洞。
• Or you'll surely end up with egg on your face.
  否则你一定看起来像个蠢蛋！
• He spilled a bit of egg on his shoe.
  他溅了一点蛋在他的鞋上。
• Some parent had come up with the idea to have the picnic kind of races, like pass the potato under your neck and hold an egg on a spoon while you run to the other side.
  有些父母想出了一些点子，举行一个野餐式的竞赛，比如在你跑到另一个方的时候，传奇私服，把土豆从你脖子后传递给他人，勺子里放个鸡蛋。
• More egg on our faces?
  我们面对着更多的鸡蛋？
• They egged each other on to argue and to fight.
  他们互相拱火，大打大闹。
• No one wants to get egg on his face by having missed something obvious.
  这种态度值得理解，谁都不愿意因为漏掉了某些明显数据而被扔臭鸡蛋。
• He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
  他把鸡蛋拍在脸上，装扮成一个自由主义经济学家。
• The boy had a goose egg on his forehead from playing basketball.
  这男孩因打篮球而前额打肿了一块。
• It's so hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk.
  天如此热，你都能在人行道上煎鸡蛋了。