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 rebuilding after the floods and tornadoes may deliver a fillip in the second half of the year.
  而且洪水以及龙卷风后重建也可以刺激下半年的经济。
• The hope is that another burst of QE will give the recovery a fillip.
  寄希望于新一轮量化宽松政策能刺激经济复苏。
• 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。
• If the asking price is met, the sale of Chiswick park would also be a fillip for Blackstone.
  如果开价被接受，奇斯威克园区的出售也将让黑石大赚一笔。
• 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。
• Michael Ballack could hand the host nation a real fillip by making a shock return for Germany's opener with Costa Rica.
  米歇尔.巴拉克给了东道主一剂强心剂，他令人震惊的返回到德国对哥斯达黎加的开幕战中。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• And while the Chinese economy might be growing faster than the US, the real fillip to oil company profits has come from rising oil prices which benefits the whole industry, not just Chinese operators.
  而尽管中国经济增长可能比美国快，但真正推动石油公司收益的是不断上涨的油价不仅仅是中国公司，整个产业都从中受益。