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

• I had egg on my face.
  我hadeggonmyface（好尴尬、狼狈不堪）。
• They egged each other on to argue and to fight.
  他们互相拱火，大打大闹。
• If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
  如果他们对这场比赛掉以轻心，结果很可能会出丑。
• You've got some egg on your shirt.
  你衬衫上沾了些鸡蛋。
• The king was getting irritated with walking around all day with an egg on his head.
  国王吃了蛋，隔天，额头上就长出鸡蛋，他觉得有趣极了。
• If you do that, you'll end up with egg on your face.
  你要是做那件事，必将以耻辱告终。
• 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。
• He really had egg on his face.
  他实在是自取其辱。
• She doesn't let him have egg on his face in public.
  她没有让他当众出丑。
• 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。