| 释义 |
prompting, vbl. n.|ˈprɒm(p)tɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb prompt; an incitement to action, an instigation.
1401Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 96 Ȝit, Dawe, thou drawist in many fals promptynges. c1440Alphabet of Tales 294 Be prompyng of þe Holie Gaste. 1580Sir 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. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxviii, In spite of the promptings of our appetites. |
