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

• I fillip smile, every possession, Cheng pulls all the edge, only a hopeless tears.
  我弹指一笑，藏尽前尘所有的缘，只为一次无望的落泪。
• A few jokes will add a final fillip to your speech.
  几句笑话会给你的演说添些生气。
• It found evidence that immigration had pushed down the wages of the lowest-paid by a fraction but higher-paid people had experienced a small fillip.
  当然，文章实际上要中立的多。他们找到证据证明移民让低收入者的工资下降了一小部分，但是却刺激了高收入者的工资使其有小幅增长。
• 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。
• Replenishing inventory will be a temporary fillip without an increase in consumer demand.
  大量的订单只会是短暂的刺激，并不会增加消费需求。
• Some are hoping for a swift return to business-as-usual, with an American recovery providing a new fillip to China's exporters.
  一些人希望快速恢复常态，即美国复苏，为中国出口商带来新的推动力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Michael Ballack could hand the host nation a real fillip by making a shock return for Germany's opener with Costa Rica.
  米歇尔.巴拉克给了东道主一剂强心剂，他令人震惊的返回到德国对哥斯达黎加的开幕战中。