fillip

英 [ˈfɪlɪp]

美 [ˈfɪlɪp]

n.  起推动作用的人(或事物)

BNC.21876 / COCA.37386

牛津词典

noun

• 起推动作用的人（或事物）
  a thing or person that causes sth to improve suddenly
  1. A drop in interest rates gave a welcome fillip to the housing market.
     降低利率给房屋市场带来利好刺激。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (突然的)刺激,激励
  If someone or something gives afillipto an activity or person, they suddenly encourage or improve them.
  1. The news gave a fillip to the telecommunications sector...
     这个消息给电信部门注入了一针强心剂。
  2. This will prove a much-needed fillip to racecourses and the racing industry in general.
     这将会证明是赛马场和整个赛马业迫切需要的激励。

英英释义

noun

• anything that tends to arouse
  1. his approval was an added fillip
  Synonym:bonus

双语例句

• International banks received a New Year fillip when regulators revealed that the first ever global liquidity standards would be less onerous than expected and not be fully enforced until 2019, four years later than expected.
  新年之际，国际银行迎来了令人振奋的消息。监管机构表示，首次出台的全球流动性标准将不会像业界预测的那么严苛，且直到2019年才进入全面实施，比预期时间晚了四年。
• The hope is that another burst of QE will give the recovery a fillip.
  寄希望于新一轮量化宽松政策能刺激经济复苏。
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade agreement that does not include China, received a fillip when a Senate panel approved a bill that would give Mr Obama the fast-track negotiating authority he needs.
  《跨太平洋伙伴关系》（Trans-PacificPartnership，简称TPP）不包括中国的12国贸易协定近日获得推动，因为美国参议院的一个委员会批准了授予奥巴马其所需的快车道谈判权力的法案。
• A few anecdotes will add a fillip to your book.
  几则轶事会对你的书增加刺激性。
• The move gave a much-needed fillip to the retail sector.
  这次活动给零售部门一个及时的刺激。
• Other stories are frankly bizarre: the crunch is alleged to have given a fillip to sales of cake, wooden "gravestones", West End musicals and tickets to see the film Mamma Mia!
  坦率的来讲，其它报道则很奇怪：有人声称经济危机刺激了蛋糕、木制墓碑、伦敦西区音乐剧和《妈妈咪呀》（mammamia）电影票的销售。
• The television campaign gave his sales an immediate fillip.
  电视广告宣传活动对销售的影响立竿见影。
• A rise in Chinese demand would help offset a drop in the US, and provide a potential fillip for the global economy.
  中国需求上升，有助于抵消美国需求下降的影响，为全球经济提供了一种潜在的刺激。
• A lower currency means investment in Russian manufacturing and agriculture will make good economic sense again. Both should be given a real fillip.
  卢布贬值意味着俄罗斯制造业和农业的投资将带来较好的经济效益，这两个领域都将反弹。
• Mr Romney, I suppose, might get something of an electoral fillip from a$ 300 oil price.
  要是油价涨到每桶300美元，也许会对罗姆尼的选情有所提振。