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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• A few jokes will add a final fillip to your speech.
  几句笑话会给你的演说添些生气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。