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 economy needed low interest rates and a fiscal stimulus to avoid a severe recession.
  经济需要低利率和财政刺激，以避免陷入严重衰退。
• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.
  把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• The fiscal stimulus measures in 2008 and 2009 were hardly necessary.
  2008年和2009年的财政刺激举措很难说是必要的。
• Part of the stimulus packages have been additional resources for labor markets and social policies.
  他们经济刺激计划的一部分就是在劳工市场和社会政策方面提供更多的资源。
• This depends not on the stimuli but on the combination of stimulus and response.
  它并不取决于刺激源，而是取决于刺激源和回应的组合。
• Summary: Republicans and the deficit stand in the way of a new stimulus package.
  共和党人和财政赤字变成了经济刺激计划的拦路虎。
• We had a huge stimulus going on.
  我们已经进行了一个非常巨大的刺激。
• 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。
• We need stimulus and intense co-ordination of economic policy among all main economies.
  我们需要刺激和所有主要经济体之间经济政策的高度协调。
• 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。