stimulate

verb

1. 促进；激发；激励
   to make sth develop or become more active; to encourage sth
   1. The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work.
      展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
   2. The article can be used to stimulate discussion among students.
      这篇文章可用来活跃学生的讨论。
2. 刺激；使兴奋
   to make sb interested and excited about sth
   1. Parents should give children books that stimulate them.
      父母应给孩子能启发他们的书。
   2. Both men and women are stimulated by erotic photos (= sexually) .
      色情照片对男女都有刺激作用。
   3. The conference stimulated him to study the subject in more depth.
      这次会议促使他更深入地研究那个课题。
3. 促进（身体某部分）的功能
   to make a part of the body function
   1. The women were given fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries.
      那些妇女得到了促进卵巢功能的生育药。

1. VERB 刺激;激励;促使;促起
   To stimulate something means to encourage it to begin or develop further.
   1. America's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy...
      美国的首要任务自然是刺激经济。
   2. The Russian health service has stimulated public interest in home cures.
      俄罗斯的公共医疗服务已经激起了公众对家庭治疗的兴趣。
2. VERB 激发;激励;使充满热情
   If you are stimulated by something, it makes you feel full of ideas and enthusiasm.
   1. Bill was stimulated by the challenge...
      这个挑战让比尔热情高涨。
   2. I was stimulated to examine my deepest thoughts.
      我深受启发，开始审视自己内心深处的想法。
3. VERB 刺激(身体部位);使活跃
   If something stimulates a part of a person's body, it causes it to move or start working.
   1. Exercise stimulates the digestive and excretory systems...
      锻炼能促进消化和排泄系统的活动。
   2. The production of melanin in the skin is stimulated by exposure to the sun...
      皮肤暴露在阳光下就很容易生成黑色素。
   3. The body is stimulated to build up resistance.
      刺激身体以增强抵抗力。

1. She questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions
   她对在这些地区刺激投资是否可行表示怀疑。
2. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.
   以微弱负电流刺激疼得最厉害的部位。
3. These proteins stimulate the production of blood cells.
   这些蛋白质会刺激血细胞的产生。
4. America's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy
   美国的首要任务自然是刺激经济。
5. The Russian health service has stimulated public interest in home cures.
   俄罗斯的公共医疗服务已经激起了公众对家庭治疗的兴趣。
6. Bill was stimulated by the challenge
   这个挑战让比尔热情高涨。
7. I was stimulated to examine my deepest thoughts.
   我深受启发，开始审视自己内心深处的想法。
8. Exercise stimulates the digestive and excretory systems
   锻炼能促进消化和排泄系统的活动。
9. The body is stimulated to build up resistance.
   刺激身体以增强抵抗力。
10. Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.
    你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
11. Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.
    成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
12. A high beam energy is also used to stimulate X-ray emission of higher-energy peaks.
    高能量电子束也能用来激发高能量x射线峰的发射。
13. It is possible that a description of the methods of epidemiology may stimulate the use of these techniques by a wider range of individuals.
    在卫生领域的总人力中，经过训练的流行病学家所占比例很小，但这个比例是稳定地增长着。
14. She made capital of the dialogue to stimulate tree conversation among her pupils.
    她利用那个对话来引起学生们的交谈。
15. The completion of this project will stimulate the economy of this region if not the whole of china.
    这项工程的完成将有助于发展这一地区乃至整个中国的经济。
16. Stimulate and exploit collective value.
    刺激和利用集体价值。
17. This massage helps to stimulate the functioning of the internal organs and the balancing of your body's energies.
    这种按摩有助于刺激运作的内部器官和平衡你的身体的能量。
18. Stimulate and destroy to human body in order to get used to outside ambient.
    以适应外界环境对人体的刺激和破坏。
19. Use your enthusiasm to stimulate other.
    用你的激情激励他人。
20. These factors promote and stimulate the combination of machine tools and automatic lines for the continuous development of technology.
    这些因素有力地推动和激励了组合机床和自动线技术的不断发展。
21. Tariffs provide protection and thus stimulate domestic production.
    关税提供了保护，从而促进了国内的生产。
22. For example, the UK has initiated actions to stimulate innovation and investment in research and development.
    例如，英国开创了许多鼓励创新，鼓励研究和发展投资的行动。
23. In our experience guides do not limit individual initiative, but encourage and stimulate it.
    按照我们的经验，向导不会限制个人的首创性，只会鼓励和激发它。
24. This could stimulate creation of a new local industry and create new jobs opportunities.
    这可以促进建立一个新的地方产业，并创造新的就业机会。
25. New partnerships and mechanisms are working to stimulate technical innovation and reward creativity.
    此外，新的伙伴关系和机制正在努力促进技术创新和奖励发明创造。
26. In teaching, teachers can create situations to stimulate feelings;
    在教学中，教师可以从创设情境，激发情感；
27. And a lot of demand to stimulate the enthusiasm of developers.
    和大量的需求，以刺激开发商的热情。
28. China must strive to stimulate its domestic consumption instead of relying on investment and exports.
    中国必须努力刺激国内消费，而不是依赖投资和出口。
29. I also in life also summarizes many such sayings, to stimulate their life.
    我也在生活中也总结了不少这样的语录，来激发自己的人生。
30. This means you have to utilize different muscle fibers which stimulate greater growth.
    这意味著你必须使用不同的肌纤维的刺激更大的发展。

  excite incite stimulate stir up【导航词义：刺激】

  excite v. 使兴奋，使激动

〔辨析〕尤指使某人对即将发生的事感到兴奋。

  incite v. 煽动，刺激

〔辨析〕指用语言刺激或煽动他人犯罪、打斗等，常与介词 to 连用。

  stimulate v. 刺激，激励

〔辨析〕指外界因素刺激人或事物的发展。

  stir up phr. v. 激起，煽动

〔辨析〕指挑起不愉快的情绪或事态。

verb

1. cause to be alert and energetic
   1. Coffee and tea stimulate me
   2. This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate

   Synonym:    arousebraceenergizeenergiseperk up

2. act as a stimulant
   1. The book stimulated her imagination
   2. This play stimulates

   Synonym:    excite

3. cause to do
   1. The ads induced me to buy a VCR
   2. My children finally got me to buy a computer
   3. My wife made me buy a new sofa

   Synonym:    inducecausehavegetmake

4. provide the needed stimulus for

   Synonym:    provoke

5. cause to occur rapidly
   1. the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions

   Synonym:    inducerushhasten

6. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   1. These stories shook the community
   2. the civil war shook the country

   Synonym:    shakeshake upexcitestir

7. stir feelings in
   1. stimulate my appetite
   2. excite the audience
   3. stir emotions

   Synonym:    excitestir