ADJECTIVE | VERB + STIMULUS | STIMULUS + VERB | STIMULUS + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, major, powerful, strong巨大的/重大的/強有力的/強烈的刺激▸➤negative, positive負面的/正面的刺激➤conditioned, unconditioned條件/非條件刺激▸➤environmental, external環境/外部刺激◇plant growth responses to environmental stimuli環境刺激下的植物生長反應➤initial初始刺激▸➤auditory, sensory, verbal, visual聽覺/感官/語言/視覺刺激➤emotional, intellectual, sexual情感上的刺激;智力上的刺激;性刺激➤economic, fiscal, monetary經濟/財政/貨幣刺激VERB + STIMULUS➤act as, give, provide作為/給予/提供刺激▸➤react to, respond to對刺激作出反應STIMULUS + VERB➤come from sth刺激來自⋯◇The initial stimulus came from a letter in the newspaper.一切最初是由報紙上的一封信引發的。STIMULUS + NOUN➤bill, package, plan (all NAmE) 刺激法案/計劃/方案◇Congress passed the President's economic stimulus package.國會通過了總統的經濟刺激一攬子計劃。PREPOSITION➤stimulus for引起⋯的刺激◇The very act of lying down in bed should provide a strong stimulus for sleep.只是躺到牀上這一行為就足以引起強烈的睡意。➤stimulus to對⋯的刺激◇A reduction in corporate tax should act as a stimulus to economic activity.公司稅的降低應該能夠成為對經濟活動的一種刺激。PHRASES➤a response to a stimulus對刺激的反應◇The pupils dilate in response to chemical stimuli.瞳孔放大是對化學刺激的反應。