fillip

英 [ˈfɪlɪp]

美 [ˈfɪlɪp]

n.  起推动作用的人(或事物)

BNC.21876 / COCA.37386

牛津词典

noun

• 起推动作用的人（或事物）
  a thing or person that causes sth to improve suddenly
  1. A drop in interest rates gave a welcome fillip to the housing market.
     降低利率给房屋市场带来利好刺激。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (突然的)刺激,激励
  If someone or something gives afillipto an activity or person, they suddenly encourage or improve them.
  1. The news gave a fillip to the telecommunications sector...
     这个消息给电信部门注入了一针强心剂。
  2. This will prove a much-needed fillip to racecourses and the racing industry in general.
     这将会证明是赛马场和整个赛马业迫切需要的激励。

英英释义

noun

• anything that tends to arouse
  1. his approval was an added fillip
  Synonym:bonus

双语例句

• Still, the history of such disasters is that much of that lost production is eventually recovered and reconstruction delivers a fillip to subsequent growth.
  然而，历史上类似灾难的结果是，许多损失的产量最终得以恢复，重建工作也很好地刺激了随后的经济增长。
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade agreement that does not include China, received a fillip when a Senate panel approved a bill that would give Mr Obama the fast-track negotiating authority he needs.
  《跨太平洋伙伴关系》（Trans-PacificPartnership，简称TPP）不包括中国的12国贸易协定近日获得推动，因为美国参议院的一个委员会批准了授予奥巴马其所需的快车道谈判权力的法案。
• Some are hoping for a swift return to business-as-usual, with an American recovery providing a new fillip to China's exporters.
  一些人希望快速恢复常态，即美国复苏，为中国出口商带来新的推动力。
• A few anecdotes will add a fillip to your book.
  几则轶事会对你的书增加刺激性。
• The move gave a much-needed fillip to the retail sector.
  这次活动给零售部门一个及时的刺激。
• The post-disaster reconstruction will deliver a fillip and other stimuli, possibly including a relaxation on curbs in the real estate sector, may follow.
  灾后重建将为经济带来一定推动力，此外政府可能采取其它刺激措施，包括放宽对房地产行业的限制。
• Replenishing inventory will be a temporary fillip without an increase in consumer demand.
  大量的订单只会是短暂的刺激，并不会增加消费需求。
• Other stories are frankly bizarre: the crunch is alleged to have given a fillip to sales of cake, wooden "gravestones", West End musicals and tickets to see the film Mamma Mia!
  坦率的来讲，其它报道则很奇怪：有人声称经济危机刺激了蛋糕、木制墓碑、伦敦西区音乐剧和《妈妈咪呀》（mammamia）电影票的销售。
• Despite the White House's efforts to distinguish the nuclear issue from the case of the two journalists, Mr Clinton's trip appears to be a fillip for Pyongyang, which has pushed for direct talks with Washington despite US objections.
  尽管白宫努力将朝核问题与两名记者的案子分开处理，但克林顿此行对于平壤似乎是一剂兴奋剂。平壤一直在寻求与华盛顿直接商谈，但美国表示反对。
• The engines project will also provide a cost-cutting fillip to Infiniti, which makes the bulk of its cars in Tochigi, Japan, but has its biggest sales in the US.
  此发动机项目也将使英菲尼迪降低成本。大部分英菲尼迪轿车都是在日本枥木（Tochigi）生产的，但其最大的销售市场却是美国。