goad

1. V-T If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. 刺激

Charles was always goading me. 查爾斯老是刺激我。

2. N-COUNT Goad is also a noun. 刺激

Her presence was just one more goad to Joanna's unravelling nerves. 她的出現(xiàn)只是對喬安娜幾近崩潰的神經(jīng)的又一次刺激。