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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。