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impetus for something
The discovery provided an impetus for further research.
这一发现为后续研究提供了动力。
动力；推动力
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动力；推动力
something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly
The discovery provided an impetus for further research.
这一发现为后续研究提供了动力。
推动因素；刺激因素
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
推动某物前进的力量
a force that moves something along
推动的力量；冲动
A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
突然施加力量的行为
the act of applying force suddenly
The new government policy provided the impetus for economic growth.
新政府政策为经济增长提供了动力。
Her passion for teaching was the main impetus behind her decision to start a school.
她对教学的热情是她决定创办一所学校的主要动力。
The discovery of oil gave a strong impetus to the region's industrial development.
石油的发现极大地推动了该地区的工业发展。
The discovery provided an impetus for further research.
这一发现为后续研究提供了动力。
The new law gave an impetus to invest in renewable energy.
新法律为投资可再生能源提供了动力。
The success of the campaign gave impetus to the movement.
运动的成功为该运动提供了动力。
Not this
The new policy impetused economic growth.
Use this
The new policy provided impetus for economic growth.
“impetus”是名词，不能用作动词。中文母语者可能误将其用作动词，类似中文“推动”的用法。正确的表达需要搭配动词如“provide”或“give”，后接介词“for”或“to”。
Not this
He felt a sudden impetus to travel.
Use this
He felt a sudden impulse to travel.
“impetus”指推动事物发展的动力或动量，不表示一时的冲动或欲望。中文词典中虽涉及医学“冲动”义项，但一般语境下“冲动”对应“impulse”。此处应使用“impulse”来表达突然的欲望。
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主要动力
The main impetus for the project was economic growth.
该项目的主要动力是经济增长。
提供动力
The new policy provided impetus for innovation.
新政策为创新提供了动力。
背后的推动力
What was the impetus behind this decision?
这个决定背后的推动力是什么？
…的推动力
The discovery was the impetus for further research.
这一发现是进一步研究的推动力。
给予推动
The success gave impetus to the movement.
这一成功给予了运动推动力。
获得动力
The campaign gained impetus after the endorsement.
在得到支持后，这场运动获得了动力。
推动；促进
The new policy gave impetus to economic growth.
新政策推动了经济增长。
……的动力
The discovery provided the impetus for further research.
这一发现为后续研究提供了动力。
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音似'因迫他'，联想施加压力推动他，意为推动力。
通常用于正式或学术语境，表示推动力或刺激因素。
Group: words ending in /təs/ (status, apparatus, cactus) rhyme with impetus in the unstressed final syllable. Words like consensus (/səs/) and campus (/pəs/) are lookalikes but do not share the exact final consonant cluster.
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