stimulation
  刺激,激勵,鼓舞
  Stim·u·la·tion n.
  1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
  2. Physiol. The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
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  stimulation
       n 1: the act of arousing an organism to action
       2: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
          [syn: stimulus, stimulant, input]
       3: (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs
          etc.)
       4: mutual sexual stimulation prior to sexual intercourse [syn:
          foreplay, arousal]