stimulus

英 [ˈstɪmjələs]

美 [ˈstɪmjələs]

n.  促进因素; 激励因素; 刺激物; (使生物产生反应的)刺激

复数：stimuli　

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牛津词典

noun

• 促进因素；激励因素；刺激物
  something that helps sb/sth to develop better or more quickly
  1. Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.
     书不仅给孩子们以思想，而且使他们玩得更有意思。
  2. The new tax laws should act as a stimulus to exports.
     新税法应该能促进出口。
• （使生物产生反应的）刺激，刺激物
  something that produces a reaction in a human, an animal or a plant
  1. sensory/verbal/visual stimuli
     感官 / 言语 / 视觉刺激
  2. The animals were conditioned to respond to auditory stimuli (= sounds) .
     经过训练，那些动物对声音形成了条件反射。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 刺激物;促进因素
  Astimulusis something that encourages activity in people or things.
  1. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the US economy...
     利率可能很快就会下调，从而刺激美国经济。
  2. It is through our nervous system that we adapt ourselves to our environment and to all external stimuli.
     我们是通过神经系统使自己适应环境及所有外部刺激的。

英英释义

noun

• any stimulating information or event
  Synonym:stimulationstimulantinput

双语例句

• The Obama stimulus plan also included buy America clauses.
  奥巴马的刺激计划中也包含购买美国货条款。
• We had a huge stimulus going on.
  我们已经进行了一个非常巨大的刺激。
• Poverty is a stimulus to industry.
  贫穷能使人勤劳。
• But China boosted their companies with a better business environment, created by economic stimulus plans.
  而中国的经济刺激计划为本国企业创造了相对更好的商业环境，促进它们的发展。
• Fears of a possible faltering of the recovery forced the government to step up stimulus spending.
  对经济复苏可能步履维艰的恐惧，迫使政府加大了刺激性支出的力度。
• Several governments announced emergency stimulus packages intended to avert recession.
  一些政府还宣布了旨在避免衰退的一揽子紧急刺激经济方案。
• Others, such as Taiwan and Singapore, could afford at least a temporary fiscal stimulus.
  其它地区，例如台湾和新加坡，至少能够负担得起临时财政激励。
• Stimulus spending and quantitative easing have not started a new boom.
  刺激性支出和定量宽松政策并未开启新一轮的繁荣。
• They test the children's reaction to a simple visual stimulus.
  他们测试了孩子们对单纯视觉刺激的反应。
• In the claustrophobia of her parents 'house she had no stimulus for creativity.
  在父母那所令人感到封闭恐惧的房子里，没有任何东西可以刺激她的创作。