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Stimulus Sense Stimjuləs N.刺激物,激励 同 复:Stimuli 例 Ambition

单词 stimulus
音标 ['stimjuləs]
解释 n.刺激物,激励
红宝书 【同】 复:stimuli
【例】 Ambition is a great stimulus.
字源 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.
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趣味全助记 【记】stimulate

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