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Catalyst War Event Person Change N Count 可数名词 英

英语单词 catalyst
英美音标 英 ['kætəlɪst] 美 ['kætəlɪst]
中文释义 n.催化剂;刺激因素
英语例句 (1) War is a catalyst to help them to choose.
(2) Debate is the best catalyst of thought.
(3) This tragedy will be a catalyst for good.
(4) The results were then used to make better car catalyst.
(5) The offer of a new job provided just the catalyst she needed.
中文例句 (1) 战争是一副催化剂来帮助他们选择。
(2) 争论是思想最好的催化剂。
(3) 这场悲剧会是美好的催化剂。
(4) 这一研究的成果可随后用于生产出效果更好的汽车催化剂。
(5) 这份新工作正是她所需要转变的契机。
vocabulary简明 A catalyst is an event or person causing a change. Getting kicked out of your parents' house might be a catalyst for becoming more independent.
vocabulary扩展 The noun catalyst is something or someone that causes a change and is derived from a Greek word. It can be somewhat ordinary, like a hot day being a catalyst for getting your hair cut really short. Or it can be major, like how the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is said to be a catalyst of World War I.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]催化剂;诱因;诱导者 You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst .
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  • I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change...

    我非常希望这起事件能催生变革。

  • He said he saw the bank's role as a catalyst to encourage foreign direct investment.

    他说,他认为银行就应该起到刺激外国直接投资的作用。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](化学)催化剂 In chemistry, a catalyst is a substance that causes a chemical reaction to take place more quickly.

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