intellectual stimulation

基本解释

China then, like the Soviet Union, was a bleak place with little other intellectual stimulation. People yearned for provocative ideas.
那个时候的中国跟曾经的苏联一样是个阴郁压抑的地方，没有多少可以激发智识的东西，人们渴望尖锐刺激的思想。
Just the opposite. Your noodle needs more stimulation than ever, and, finally, you have the time to supply the required intellectual input.
恰恰相反，你的大脑需要比以往更大的刺激，最终，你有时间去提供大脑所需的信息输入。
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Although Western medicine efficacy relatively quickly, but with great children's intellectual stimulation, and it is difficult to solve the problem of the effect, generally only control the seizures.
西药药效虽然相对较快，但与孩子的智力刺激大，且很难达到标本兼治的效果，一般只能控制癫痫发作。

The first is that business people are hungry for intellectual stimulation, but hopelessly short of time.
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Recent work has shown that, given intellectual stimulation, new neurons will grow in adults' brains.
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They grew up with little intellectual stimulation in a rough neighborhood in Portland, Ore.
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