• vt. 刺激；鼓舞，激勵
• vi. 起刺激作用；起促進作用

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.

以微弱負電流刺激疼得最厲害的部位。

來自柯林斯例句

2. These businesses stimulate the creation of local jobs.

這些企業有助于為當地創造更多就業機會。

來自柯林斯例句

3. These proteins stimulate the production of blood cells.

這些蛋白質會刺激血細胞的產生。

來自柯林斯例句

4. America's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy.

美國的首要任務自然是刺激經濟。

來自柯林斯例句

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濟.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》