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(huì)下降，從而刺激美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)。
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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(lì)（物）；促進(jìn)因素
Foreign investment has been a stimulus to the industry . 外國(guó)投資促進(jìn)了該產(chǎn)業(yè)的發(fā)展。
The book will provide a stimulus to research in this very important area . 這本書(shū)將會(huì)對(duì)這一重要領(lǐng)域的研究起促進(jìn)作用。
biology specialized
something that causes part of the body to react
（使身體部位產(chǎn)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(duì)糖和鹽的刺激很敏感，而舌根則對(duì)苦味的刺激很敏感。 返回 stimulus