stimulate是什么意思

stimulate

英 ['st?mj?le?t] 美 ['st?mj?'let]

stimulate 刺激，激勵(lì)

來自 stimulus,刺激物，-ate,使。

stimulate: stimulate: [16] Latin stimulus denoted a ‘pointed stick for goading animals on’ (it probably came ultimately from an Indo-European base *sti- ‘point, prick, pierce’, extensions of which lie behind English stick, stitch, style, etc). It was used metaphorically for ‘something that incites or causes a response’, and in that sense was borrowed into English as stimulus [17]. Stimulate itself comes from the past participle of the derived verb stimulāre ‘goad on’.
=> stick, stitch, style
stimulate (v.): 1610s, "rouse to action," from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.

1. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.: 以微弱負(fù)電流刺激疼得最厲害的部位。

2. These businesses stimulate the creation of local jobs.: 這些企業(yè)有助于為當(dāng)?shù)貏?chuàng)造更多就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。

3. These proteins stimulate the production of blood cells.: 這些蛋白質(zhì)會(huì)刺激血細(xì)胞的產(chǎn)生。

4. America's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy.: 美國的首要任務(wù)自然是刺激經(jīng)濟(jì)。

5. They counted on foreign investment to stimulate their economy.: 他們想依靠外國投資來刺激他們的經(jīng)濟(jì).