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

• 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。
• 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。
• Germany and France, partly helped by Germany's stimulus programme, surprisingly exited recession in the second quarter.
  一定程度上在德国经济刺激计划的推动下，德国和法国第二季度出人意料地摆脱了经济衰退。
• Poverty is a stimulus to industry.
  贫穷能使人勤劳。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are recessions like the one in 2001, which respond well to a monetary policy stimulus.
  一些经济衰退与2001年相似，它们对货币政策激励措施反应良好。
• 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。