the act of trying to make someone say something敦促;推動;激勵
[ + to infinitive ] Kids of that age really shouldn't need prompting to say thank you for things.那麽大的孩子確實不需要别人提醒就該會說謝謝了。 Amazingly - without any prompting - my husband actually said how nice I looked in my new dress!真是不可思議——我沒作任何提示——我丈夫竟然就說我穿這條新連衣裙看上去非常漂亮。