the act of trying to make someone say something敦促;推动;激励
[ + to infinitive ] Kids of that age really shouldn't need prompting to say thank you for things.那么大的孩子确实不需要别人提醒就该会说谢谢了。 Amazingly - without any prompting - my husband actually said how nice I looked in my new dress!真是不可思议——我没作任何提示——我丈夫竟然就说我穿这条新连衣裙看上去非常漂亮。