中文词源
stimulus 刺激物，刺激因素
来自拉丁语 stimulus,尖棒，尖刺，来自 PIE*sti,刺，插，词源同 sting,stick.引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- stimulus (n.)
- plural stimuli, 1680s, originally as a medical term, "something that goads a lazy organ" (often the male member), from a modern use of Latin stimulus "a goad, a pointed stick," figuratively "a sting, a pang; incitement, spur," from PIE *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). General sense of "something that excites or arouses the mind or spirit" is from 1791. Psychological sense is first recorded 1894.
权威例句
- 1. Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.
- 书不仅给孩子们以思想，而且使他们玩得更有意思。
- 2. Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.
- 把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励.
- 3. Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.
- 光是促进植物生长的一个因素.
- 4. Poverty is a stimulus to industry.
- 贫穷能使人勤劳.
- 5. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the US economy.
- 利率可能很快就会下调，从而刺激美国经济。