| 单词 | stimulus |
| 释义 | stimulus (stɪmjʊləs ) Word forms: stimuli (stɪmjʊlaɪ ) variable noun A stimulus is something that encourages activity in people or things. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the U.S. economy. We adapt ourselves to our environment and to external stimuli. Synonyms: incentive, spur, encouragement, impetus Collocations: additional stimulus One of the key risks from additional stimulus is higher inflation as currencies devalue, pushing up the cost of imports. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Should further action prove necessary, policy options are available to provide additional stimulus. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They fear that this additional stimulus will cause a bubble. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We think there will be an economic stumble over the summer, requiring further fiscal stimulus. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The scope for further economic stimulus is limited. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Further stimulus will not be effective if taxpayers save rather than spend the money. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Of course family love and intellectual stimulus around the kitchen table, books at bedtime and playdates are the ideal. Times, Sunday Times They also face the danger of a lack of fresh external intellectual stimulus. Times, Sunday Times I would hope that fair-minded readers of my 600-page study will find in it more information and intellectual stimulus than your reviewer did in his disdainful treatment of it. The Times Literary Supplement He chose to make money, but his intellectual stimulus has been buying pictures. Times, Sunday Times He can be impressionable and needs a lot of intellectual stimuli. Times, Sunday Times This was not only because of his insistent, heavy bass lines but also because his facial contortions provided a much-needed bit of visual stimulus. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, the aroma precedes the visual stimulus, in stark contrast to even some of the most expensive helicopters on the market, whose interiors could be described as perfunctory at best. Times,Sunday Times So the tool uses a psychomotor vigilance task, which measures the speed with which individuals respond to a visual stimulus. Times, Sunday Times At times the visual stimulus was so intense it felt as if the regulation number of eyes most mortals are allotted was simply insufficient. Times, Sunday Times Not that visual stimulus wasn't a factor. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 刺激物 Japanese: 刺激 |
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