stimulus

• n. 刺激；誘因；刺激剤

ラテン語のstimulus, stick, prickから、語源的にはPIE*sti, sting, stickと同じ。

stimulus (n.)

plural stimuli, 1680s, originally as a medical term, "something that goads a lazy organ" (often the male member), from a modern use of Latin stimulus "a goad, a pointed stick," figuratively "a sting, a pang; incitement, spur," from PIE *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). General sense of "something that excites or arouses the mind or spirit" is from 1791. Psychological sense is first recorded 1894.

1. Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.

本は子供たちに思想を与えるだけでなく、より面白く遊ぶことができます。

2.Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.

毎回の失敗をさらなる努力への励みと見なしている。

3.Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.

光は植物の成長を促進する1つの要素である。dd>

4.Poverty is a stimulus to industry.

貧乏は人を勤勉にする。

5.Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the US economy.

金利はすぐに引き下げられ、米国経済を刺激する可能性がある。