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

• It found evidence that immigration had pushed down the wages of the lowest-paid by a fraction but higher-paid people had experienced a small fillip.
  当然，文章实际上要中立的多。他们找到证据证明移民让低收入者的工资下降了一小部分，但是却刺激了高收入者的工资使其有小幅增长。
• 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。
• A rise in Chinese demand would help offset a drop in the US, and provide a potential fillip for the global economy.
  中国需求上升，有助于抵消美国需求下降的影响，为全球经济提供了一种潜在的刺激。
• The government hopes to achieve twin goals with the public housing push: neutralise some of the political furore about the rising cost of housing, while providing a fillip to property construction, which will be hit by measures to limit speculative buying.
  政府希望通过推动公共住房建设同时达到两个目标：一是中和住房成本上涨引发的部分政治矛盾，二是推动将会受到限制投机性购房措施冲击的房地产建设。
• A lower currency means investment in Russian manufacturing and agriculture will make good economic sense again. Both should be given a real fillip.
  卢布贬值意味着俄罗斯制造业和农业的投资将带来较好的经济效益，这两个领域都将反弹。
• Mr Romney, I suppose, might get something of an electoral fillip from a$ 300 oil price.
  要是油价涨到每桶300美元，也许会对罗姆尼的选情有所提振。
• And there may be little hope for a short term fillip from the government. Recent economic data have spooked the market with fears of a slowdown.
  短期内政府可能不会推出刺激举措，最近的经济数据令市场担心经济正在放缓。
• 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。
• However, just after the split second, fillip's the smiling face on his face is stiff to become diamond dust.
  然而，只是弹指一刹那后，他脸上的笑容僵硬成冰棱。
• 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。