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.
雙語例句
1. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.
以微弱負電流刺激疼得最厲害的部位。
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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)機會。
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3. These proteins stimulate the production of blood cells.
這些蛋白質(zhì)會刺激血細胞的產(chǎn)生。
來自柯林斯例句
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。
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5. They counted on foreign investment to stimulate their economy.