stimulus
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR A stimulus is something that encourages activity in people or things. 刺激物
Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the U.S. economy. 利率可能很快會下降，從而刺激美國經(jīng)濟。
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stimulus /?st?mj?l?s/ (stimuli/?st?my?la?/)
劍橋詞典
- something that causes growth or activity
刺激（物），激勵（物）；促進因素
Foreign investment has been a stimulus to the industry . 外國投資促進了該産業(yè)的發(fā)展。
The book will provide a stimulus to research in this very important area . 這本書將會對這一重要領(lǐng)域的研究起促進作用。
biology specialized
something that causes part of the body to react
（使身躰部位産生反應(yīng)的）刺激
The tip of the tongue is sensitive to salt and sweet stimuli and the back of the tongue is sensitive to bitter stimuli. 舌尖對糖和鹽的刺激很敏感，而舌根則對苦味的刺激很敏感。 返回 stimulus