
stimulus基本信息
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中英词源
stimulus 刺激物,刺激因素
来自拉丁语 stimulus,尖棒,尖刺,来自 PIE*sti,刺,插,词源同 sting,stick.引申诸相关词义。
- stimulus (n.)
- plural stimuli, 1680s, originally as a medical term, "something that goads a lazy organ" (often the male member), from a modern use of Latin stimulus "a goad, a pointed stick," figuratively "a sting, a pang; incitement, spur," from PIE *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). General sense of "something that excites or arouses the mind or spirit" is from 1791. Psychological sense is first recorded 1894.
词态变化
复数 stimuli;
权威造句
- 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.
- 把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.
- 光是促进植物生长的一个因素.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Poverty is a stimulus to industry.
- 贫穷能使人勤劳.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. 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。
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