trigger

n.

（枪）扳机；起动装置，扳柄；引发其他事件的一件事；[电子学]触发器，触发电器

vt.

引发，触发；扣…的扳机；发射或使爆炸（武器或爆炸性弹药）；

复数：triggers过去式：triggered过去分词：triggered现在分词：triggering第三人称单数：triggers

trigger circuit[计]触发电路；同步起动电路

trigger pulse触发脉冲

pull the trigger开枪

trigger off引起；激起

quick on the trigger [美国口语] , ◎射击迅速的，出枪快速的，动不动就开枪的 , ◎行动迅速的；机灵的，(在回答问题时)反应迅速的；机警的 , ◎容易冲动的；性急的

trigger signal触发信号

trigger point触发点；扳机点

schmitt trigger施米特触发器

trigger finger扣扳机的手指

1. Price increases will trigger off demands for wage increases.
   价格上涨会激发人们增长工资的要求。
2. The odour of food may trigger people's appetite.
   食物的香味能引起人的食欲。
3. A detonator is used to trigger an explosive device.
   雷管用来引爆爆炸装置。

1. I pulled the trigger and the gun went off.
   我一扣扳机，枪就响了。
2. It was the trigger for a whole new investigation.
   这是新一轮调查的直接起因。

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Positive emotions trigger upward spirals toward emotional well-being
CpG motifs in bacterial DNA trigger direct B-cell activation
Drugs of abuse and stress trigger a common synaptic adaptation in dopamine neurons.
Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics
Functional anatomy of a dsRNA trigger: differential requirement for the two trigger strands in RNA interference.
Dendritic cells directly trigger NK cell functions: cross-talk relevant in innate anti-tumor immune responses in vivo.
Abnormal proteins serve as eukaryotic stress signals and trigger the activation of heat shock genes.
Bacterial DNA and immunostimulatory CpG oligonucleotides trigger maturation and activation of murine dendritic cells
Positional effects of short interfering RNAs targeting the human coagulation trigger Tissue Factor