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。
• The Obama stimulus plan also included buy America clauses.
  奥巴马的刺激计划中也包含购买美国货条款。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is fiscal stimulus that can contribute to growth in the real economy.
  能对实体经济增长做出贡献的是财政刺激。
• Several governments announced emergency stimulus packages intended to avert recession.
  一些政府还宣布了旨在避免衰退的一揽子紧急刺激经济方案。
• 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。
• 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。
• Developed countries have acted much faster than in Keynes 'day to boost demand with stimulus packages.
  与凯恩斯时代相比，发达国家的行动速度快了许多，采取了提振需求的刺激方案。
• Some action has been taken by individual governments through both monetary policy and significant fiscal stimulus announcements.
  个别国家的政府已通过货币政策和宣布重大财政刺激方案，采取了某些行动。