Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.
书不仅给孩子们提供想法，而且使他们玩得更有意思。
The new tax laws should act as a stimulus to exports.
新税法应该能促进出口。
sensory/verbal/visual stimuli
感官╱言语╱视觉刺激
The animals were conditioned to respond to auditory stimuli(= sounds) .
经过训练，那些动物对声音形成了条件反射。
1.刺激
2.刺激物;促进因素
3.【虫】针,刺
4.【电】激源
5.【植】刺毛
1.刺激
2.刺激物;促进因素
3.【虫】针,刺
4.【电】激源
5.【植】刺毛
1.anything that encourages something to happen, develop, or improve
2.something that produces a reaction in a plant, animal, or person
1.A fiscal stimulus worth a total of around 1. 4% of GDP a year may lessen the pain, even if it is not big enough to end it.
每年相当于GDP1.4%的财政刺激即使不能大到足以结束危机，也该能减轻点痛苦吧。
2.The Tories, not surprisingly, say that Mr Brown's account of the economy's trajectory is wrong and that his stimulus has flopped.
果不其然，保守党[反驳]道，布朗对经济形势的描述是错误的，他的刺激举措也以失败告终。
3.Key to the effectiveness of China's stimulus plan so far has been a race by local governments to spend the money.
迄今为止，中国经济刺激计划能够见效的关键一直是各地方政府正在进行花钱比赛。
4.He said the summit wouldn't be an attempt to strong-arm countries into announcing stimulus packages.
布朗说，伦敦峰会不会成为强制各国宣布刺激计划的场所。
5.Sales in the last six months have been better than expectated due to government stimulus measures around the world.
由于世界范围内的政府刺激政策，前六个月的汽车销售好于预期。
6.No one in government, that I have heard, has even suggested any sort of regulation holiday as a potential economic stimulus program.
据我所知，美国政府没有一位官员曾建议设立任何形式的监管假日，作为一项刺激经济的选择方案。
7.Meanwhile, the question remains whether private demand will pick up once fiscal and monetary stimulus measures are withdrawn, he said.
他说，另外，一旦财政和货币刺激政策撤销，民间需求是否好转仍然是个问题。
8.He made concessions in stimulus negotiations, and has invited a few Republicans over for cocktails.
他在刺激政策谈判时做出了让步，而且邀请了一些共和党人来参加鸡尾酒会。
9.Ministers said the stimulus was as large as or even larger than steps adopted in other major economies.
日本内阁大臣表示，日本的经济刺激方案和其他主要经济体采取的措施规模一样大，甚至是更大。
10.Two weeks later, he found himself caught in the middle of a congressional debate over the size and direction of a behemoth stimulus package.
但仅仅两个礼拜之后，他就发现自己身处有关经济刺激计划的争论漩涡。