| 词汇 | stimulate |
| 释义 | stimulate verb uk /ˈstɪm.jə.leɪt/ us /ˈstɪm.jə.leɪt/ B2[ T ] to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active: 激发，激励；促进 The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy.政府计划减税以刺激经济发展。 B2[ I or T ] to make someone excited and interested about something: 刺激，使兴奋;使感兴趣 The show was intended to stimulate and amuse.这部电影的主要目的是助兴和娱乐。 [ + obj + to infinitive ]Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate students to think.好的老师应该问一些能激发学生们思考的问题。 Erotic images are often more sexually stimulating to men than to women.色情影像在性方面对男性的刺激作用大于女性。 [ T ] biology specialized to cause part of the body to operate: 促进（身体某部位）的功能 The drugs stimulate the damaged tissue into repairing itself.药物促使受损的组织自行修复。 Standing on your head is supposed to stimulate hair growth.据信倒立可以促进头发的生长。 The athletes had taken pills to stimulate their metabolic rate. This legislation is designed to stimulate the faltering economy.这项立法旨在刺激衰退的经济。 The government is taking steps to stimulate business development in economically distressed areas . It's an artificial device which stimulates the auditory areas of the brain. It's not the sort of movie that stimulates the old grey matter much. Causing things to happen activation actuation agent attribute attribute something to someone give rise toidiom hyperstimulate hyperstimulation implement implementation launch pad prompt proximately put someone to somethingidiom Pygmalion effect reactivate realization render spark spell You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Inspiration and inspiring Making people excited and interested Animal & plant biology - general words stimulate | American Dictionarystimulate verb[ T ] us/ˈstɪm·jəˌleɪt/ to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active: Tax cuts will stimulate the economy. Read books to stimulate your child’s imagination. Some vegetables stimulate cells to manufacture a cancer-fighting enzyme. stimulationnoun[ U ]us/ˌstɪm·jəˈleɪ·ʃən/ I need the intellectual stimulation of work. stimulate | Business Englishstimulate verb uk /ˈstɪmjəleɪt/us [ T ] ECONOMICS to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active: The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy. stimulate growth/investment/tradeLiberalization should stimulate growth. stimulate demand/sales/interestWe hope the discounts will help stimulate sales. [ I or T ] to make someone excited and interested about something: I need to find a job that will stimulate me more. stimulationnoun[ U ] Examples of stimulatestimulate The result is often an exciting synthesis and always a stimulating one. Varying combinations of muscle groups were stimulated and foot switches were used to trigger each channel at the appropriate period of the gait cycle. Near-zero discounting plays a big role in stimulating the collection of information signals and stimulating research on increasing the precision of these signals. The major challenge in the development of antischistosome vaccines is to use defined antigens to stimulate an appropriate immune response that leads to resistance. Indeed, masticatory and gustatory stimuli appear to stimulate salivation through different mechanisms. These equations have stimulated intense debate and important advances in both methods. We have also included several exercises to support digestion of the material and to stimulate further experiments. Such programs offer exercises for specific skills, analyse writing products or stimulate dialogical aspects of the writing process. This is far from being the ' quick thrill ' publication stimulated by research assessment exercises. In fact, the colonial state sought to regulate industrial disputes more closely in part to stimulate the formation of 'healthy and responsible' trade unions. Alternatively, stimulated microglia undergo senescence, demonstrated by reduced viability and mitotic activity, after several weeks in culture and in the absence of telomerase repression. The ineffectiveness of alternative protein phosphatase inhibitors to stimulate germination supports this possibility, but additional viability assays in the presence of these compounds are necessary. As well as being appreciated in its own right, music can enable people to participate in activities that are stimulating and personally meaningful. Also, the increase in residue biomass with time likely stimulated microbial activity and therefore increased the production of carbonic acid, a by-product from microbial respiration. If it does not always convince, it should at least stimulate debate and fresh thinking about the religious attributes of monarchy. See all examples of stimulate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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