词组 | stimulus |
释义 | stimulus noun something that has the effect of encouraging another thing to happenadjectivesa major/powerful stimulus Cheap energy provided a major stimulus to economic development in Western Europe and Japan.an economic stimulus also a fiscal stimulus formal The government hopes that this economic stimulus will encourage growth.a visual stimulus The picture acts as a visual stimulus that can help children begin to imagine a character’s personality.external stimuli technical (=things outside someone or something that have an effect on them) They tested his reaction to external stimuli such as light and changes of temperature.verbsprovide/give a stimulus Tax cuts provided the stimulus which the economy needed.act as a stimulus The change in the weather acts as a stimulus for the birds to migrate abroad.use sth as a stimulus The teacher used the video clip as a stimulus to encourage discussion among the students.respond to a stimulus The aim of the experiment was to see how men’s and women’s brains respond to different stimuli.prepositionsa stimulus for sth This remarkable study provided the stimulus for several other research projects on the same subject.phrasesstimulus and response In classic stimulus and response fashion, the dog became excited as soon as he smelt the meat. |
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