stimulate

英 ['stɪmjuleɪt] 美 ['stɪmjuleɪt]

• vt. 刺激；激励；鼓舞
• vi. 起刺激作用

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 刺激; 激励

   excite the body or mind; encourage

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 刺激，使兴奋
2. 激励，鼓励，激发，鼓舞
3. 促使，促进，推动
4. 有刺激之作用
5. 起促进作用
6. 促进...的功能
7. 服兴奋剂；通过喝酒等使兴奋，使振作（精神）
8. 启发，唤起，引起

英英释义

Verb:

1. act as a stimulant;

   "The book stimulated her imagination"
   "This play stimulates"
   

2. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

   "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
   "My children finally got me to buy a computer"
   "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
   

3. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

   "These stories shook the community"
   "the civil war shook the country"
   

4. cause to be alert and energetic;

   "Coffee and tea stimulate me"
   "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
   

5. cause to occur rapidly;

   "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
   

6. stir feelings in;

   "stimulate my appetite"
   "excite the audience"
   "stir emotions"
   

7. provide the needed stimulus for

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Light stimulates plant growth.
   光会刺激植物生长。
2. Alcohol stimulates the action of the heart.
   酒刺激心脏的活动。
3. Praise always stimulates him to further efforts.
   一表扬他就能激励他更加努力。
4. I'm trying to stimulate him to study harder.
   我试图激励他更加用功读书。
5. I hoped my warning would stimulate her to greater efforts.
   我希望我的告诫会促使她作出更大的努力。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Exercise stimulates the body.
   运动促进身体健康。
2. She used the dialogue to stimulate free conversation among her pupils.
   她利用那个对话来引起学生们的交谈。
3. The medicine will help stimulate the function of the patient's organs.
   这种药有助于促进病人的器官功能。
4. The art course stimulated me.
   艺术课激发了我的灵感。
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5. Some plants are stimulated by light.
   有些植物靠光刺激生长。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. They stimulated me to make greater efforts.
   他们鼓励我要作出更大的努力。
2. Better wages have stimulated them to work harder.
   工资的增加激励他们更加努力工作。
3. Praise stimulated her to work hard.
   人们的称赞鼓舞了她努力工作。

经典引文

• You have stimulated my curiosity.

  出自： C. J. Lever

• They..stimulated their prisoners to beg.

  出自： George Eliot

• Our arrival stimulated them in the work of repair.

  出自： T. Hardy

• Filling of the stomach tends to stimulate the intestinal tract.

  出自： B. Spock

• The President chose to raise prices as the principal method of stimulating..agriculture.

  出自： D. Acheson

• The home provided a wealth of material that would stimulate young minds.

  出自： R. Fraser

• Where Miss Taylor failed to stimulate..Harriet..will do nothing.

  出自： absol.

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

stimulate into〔to〕 (v.+prep.)

刺激(某人)… urge sb towards sth; give sb cause for action
stimulate sb/sth into〔to〕 sth
The crisis finally stimulated the government into acting.

危机最终促使政府采取行动。
The workers must be stimulated to greater effort by an offer to share in the firm's profits.

靠公司分红的政策一定能激发工人更加努力的工作。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• stimulate the function of the patient's organs 促进病人的器官功能
• stimulate the masses's enthusiasm 激发群众的积极性

～+副词

• stimulate agreeably 愉快地刺激
• stimulate healthfully 健康地刺激
• stimulate injuriously 有害地刺激
• stimulate mentally 精神上起刺激作用
• stimulate refreshingly 对精神上很爽快地刺激
• stimulate sexually 对性欲起刺激作用

～+介词

• stimulate by 靠…来刺激
• stimulate sb into new efforts 激励某人作出新的努力
• stimulate the government into acting 促使政府采取行动
• stimulate sb to sth 激励某人做某事

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. stimulate的基本意思是指类似刺状物“刺激”,用于人指从懒散、心灰意冷、迟钝或无动于衷中振作起来或使事物从潜伏、静止的状态中活跃起来。还可用于表示激发兴趣,尤指智力方面的兴趣。
2. stimulate是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构,也常接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

stimulate, incite

• 这组词都有“激励”“激起”“煽动”“刺激”“促使”的意思。其区别是：
• stimulate指对感觉、兴趣的刺激或激励某人做某事; incite指对内心给予刺激而使其兴奋。

stimulate, excite, galvanize, pique, provoke, quicken

• 这组词都可表示“激起某人或引发某事”。其区别是：
• provoke强调激发动作或感情的原因; excite除了指激起感情或兴趣等之外,还暗示其原因的性质和动作的强烈或深刻程度; galvanize指用人工方法来激活衰老、僵硬或濒死的人或物; pique指激起好奇心、兴趣等; quicken指激发活力、生气或使生命、感情等复苏,强调其结果是有益的; stimulate专指人或物因外界因素而受到刺激,也指激励人从懒散、心灰意冷中振作起来或对某事物产生兴趣。

近反义词

【近义词】

• rouse 唤醒
• motivate 激发(兴趣或欲望)...
• invigorate 增添活力
• arouse 叫醒
• excite 使兴奋
• inspire 鼓舞
• energize 使活跃
• move 移动
• stir 激起
• spur 支脉
• activate 激活
• encourage 鼓励
• hasten 催促
• kindle 燃烧
• fuel 燃料
• incite 煽动
• quicken 使加快
• accelerate 加速
• increase 增加
• promote 促进
• speed 速度
• whet 磨
• speed up 加快速度
• intensify 增强
• impel 驱使
• exhilarate 使高兴
• animate 使有生气
• prick 刺
• refresh （使）恢复精神...
• enliven 活跃
• propel 推进
• actuate 促使
• awaken 醒
• prevail 盛行
• provoke 激怒
• pep up 使振动
• fan 风扇
• pep 活力
• up 向上
• induce 引起
• shake 摇动
• shake up 使改组, 使重组, 使震...
• perk up 昂首翘尾
• have 已经
• get 得到
• cause 引起
• make 做
• rush 冲
• brace 防备
• energise 供给 ... 能量...

【反义词】

• stifle 使窒息
• deaden 使(感觉、痛苦等)减弱...
• sedate 安静的