stimulus
US: /ˈstɪmjəɫəs/
UK: /stˈɪmjʊləs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
stimulus /'stimjuləs/- danh từ, số nhiều stimuli
- sự kích thích; tác dụng kích khích
- under the stimulus of hunger: do tác dụng kích thích
- (thực vật học) lông ngứa
- (tôn giáo) đầu gậy của mục sư
- sự kích thích; tác dụng kích khích
Advanced English dictionary
for sth)~ (to do sth)
1 [usually sing.] something that helps sb/sth to develop better or more quickly: Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play. + The new tax laws should act as a stimulus to exports.
2 something that produces a reaction in a human being, an animal or a plant: sensory / verbal / visual stimuli + The animals were conditioned to respond to auditory stimuli (= sounds).
Collocation
ADJ.
great, major, powerful, strong | negative, positive | external | initial | auditory, intellectual, sensory, verbal, visual
VERB + STIMULUS
act as, give, provide | react to, respond to
STIMULUS + VERB
come from sth
The initial stimulus came from a letter in the newspaper.
PREP.
~ for
The very act of lying down in bed should provide a strong stimulus for sleep.
| ~ to
A reduction in corporate tax should act as a stimulus to economic activity.
PHRASES
(in) response to a stimulus
Concise dictionary
stimulistɪmjələs /-mjʊl-noun
+any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
