Stimulus



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.刺激, 激励
• ［同］ 复: stimuli
• ［例］ Ambition is a great stimulus.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural stimuli)

• Etymology: Latin
• Date: 1684
• something that rouses or incites to activity: as
  • a. incentive
  • b. stimulant 1
  • c. an agent (as an environmental change) that directly influences the activity of a living organism or one of its parts (as by exciting a sensory organ or evoking muscular contraction or glandular secretion)

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