Egg,我們都知道是“蛋，卵”的意思。字典上的解釋是“（鳥類的）蛋；（魚、昆蟲等的）卵；（用作食物的）禽蛋；（尤指）雞蛋；卵子；卵細(xì)胞。其實(shí)egg除了作為名字外，還可以做動(dòng)詞，英文釋義是：to throw eggs at somebody or something, especially to express disapproval；to incite somebody to do something， 即朝…扔雞蛋；慫恿某人干某事；用法是egg somebody on.類似于incite/ encourage somebody to do something.據(jù)說(shuō)egg的動(dòng)詞用法源于古代斯堪的納維亞語(yǔ)，和現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)的edge一詞同源。 不過(guò)，從語(yǔ)義的角度來(lái)說(shuō)，這兩個(gè)單詞的聯(lián)系并不明顯。 但是在英文中，edge本身也能這么用。 “to give an edge to” 即為 “to encourage”。

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例句：

Bob didn’t want to jump, but his friends kept egging him on.

Bob不想跳，但他的朋友一直在慫恿他跳。

He wouldn't have thrown that stone if the other boys hadn't egged him on.

要不是那些男孩子慫恿他，他不會(huì)扔那塊石頭。

I didn't want to do it but Tom kept egging me on.

我本不想做那件事,但湯姆一直慫恿我。

關(guān)于egg，除了作為動(dòng)詞表示“慫恿”意思，還有其他用法，比如；

1.?a good egg好人；正人君子

2. have/be left with egg on your face使顯得愚蠢；出丑；丟臉

They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.

只有十人到場(chǎng)，他們感到很丟面子。

3.? put all your eggs in one basket寄希望于一件事情上

4.? nest egg備用的錢；儲(chǔ)備金

After all, that nest egg was large enough to likely help Mack with his recent house shopping.

畢竟，他手里的錢還足夠他前一陣子買了房子。

5. Scotch egg蘇格蘭香腸蛋

6. a chicken and egg situation/problem無(wú)法決定先后順序的局面

7. kill the goose that lays the golden egg殺雞取卵