单词 | prompting |
释义 | promptingn. The action of prompt v. (in various senses); an instance of this; esp. an incitement or impulse to action, an instigation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 96 Thou drawist in many fals promptynges. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 294 (MED) Be prompyng of þe Holie Gaste, he fell on suche a wepyng. a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (King's Cambr.) 415 Promptynge, promptus. 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles xxxi. 222 Neyther was it without the prompting of the holy ghost. 1580 Sir R. Manwood in Boys Sandwich (1792) 231 In such [school] exercises, promptinge and helping one of another to be more punished then lack of well doinge. 1668 H. More Two Last Dialogues iv. 9 A due and discreet Temperance and circumspection.., that we neither act nor speak anything from the promptings of the Selfish Principle. 1673 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 35 The lords refused both these desires, as being a preparative opening a way for prompting and instructing of witnesses how to depone. 1702 R. Stafford Word in Season 37 To Obey the Voice, and Command, and Call of God within them; that is, the silent and inward Motions and Promptings of their own Soul and Conscience. ?1758 W. Agar Mil. Devotion ii. 30 Not supplanted by Temptations, nor swayed or sullied by vicious Promptings and Inclinations. 1810 L. Aikin Epist. Women 28 The high promptings of the conscious soul..Disdain the hunter's cave. 1878 W. S. Gilbert Ne'er-do-weel iii. 61 You are charged with having burglariously entered the mansion house.., and therein maliciously, and, at the prompting of the devil, committed a burglary. 1930 C. Bax Socrates vi. 121 I cannot explain an act of self-sacrifice except by assuming that we have something within us that scorns and over-rides the selfish promptings of nature. 1987 J. Uglow George Eliot x. 159 The prompting for Romola came directly from George Eliot's husband. 2000 M. Truran in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 68/2 The responsiveness of someone who has ‘the ear of his heart’ attuned to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). promptingadj. That prompts; that acts as a prompt. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 298 The prompting eyes, Of beautis tutors. View more context for this quotation 1760 J. Beattie Hares in Orig. Poems & Transl. 57 Be the lesser ill our choice, So dictates Nature's prompting voice. 1791 E. Benger Female Geniad iii. 41 Ye airy graces, sprightly Thalia's train, On comic themes your prompting influence deign. 1826 J. Foster Let. 2 Aug. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 80 A prompting impulse to go and look for him. 1899 W. S. Blunt Satan Absolved in Poet. Wks. (1914) II. 267 Without Thy prompting voice his violence had scant skill. 1941 A. Angyal Found. Sci. Personality v. 156 It exerts an actual prompting influence upon the organism. 1995 Campus Computing & Communications May–June 25/3 Next, the caller will hear Marsha, the friendly prompting voice for UBC's voice mail system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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