stimulate

• vt.刺激する；鼓舞する、動機づける。
• vi.刺激する；促進する

stimulus、刺激、-ate、作る、から。

stimulate

stimulate: [16] Latin stimulus denoted a ‘pointed stick for goading animals on’ (it probably came ultimately from an Indo-European base *sti- ‘point, prick, pierce’, extensions of which lie behind English stick, stitch, style, etc). It was used metaphorically for ‘something that incites or causes a response’, and in that sense was borrowed into English as stimulus [17]. Stimulate itself comes from the past participle of the derived verb stimulāre ‘goad on’.
=> stick, stitch, style

stimulate (v.)

1610s, "rouse to action," from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.

1. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.

最も痛みの強い部位を微弱負電流で刺激する。

2.These businesses stimulate the creation of local jobs.

これらの企業は、地元の雇用創出に役立ちます。

3.These proteins stimulate the production of blood cells.

これらのタンパク質は血球の産生を刺激する。

4.America 's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy.

アメリカの第一の任務はもちろん経済刺激である。

5.They counted on foreign investment to stimulate their economy.

彼らは外国投資に頼って経済を刺激しようとしている。