spurs
/spɝː/
动词
激励，鞭策；促进，加速
Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth.
消费的增长有刺激经济加速发展的作用。
（用马刺）策（马）前行
He spurred his horse on and shouted "Faster! Faster!"
他用马刺策马向前，嘴里喊着“驾！驾！”
/spɝː/
名词
马刺，靴刺
山嘴，尖坡
刺激；激励
The manager said that the team's win on Saturday would be a spur to even greater effort this season.
主教练说球队周六的胜利将会激励全队在本赛季中有更好的表现。