catalyst

英 [ˈkætəlɪst]

美 [ˈkætəlɪst]

n.  催化剂; 促使变化的人; 引发变化的因素

复数：catalysts　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8852 / COCA.7915

牛津词典

noun

• 催化剂
  a substance that makes a chemical reaction happen faster without being changed itself
• 促使变化的人；引发变化的因素
  a person or thing that causes a change
  1. I see my role as being a catalyst for change.
     我认为我的角色是促成变革。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 催化剂;诱因;诱导者
  You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as acatalyst.
  1. I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change...
     我非常希望这起事件能催生变革。
  2. He said he saw the bank's role as a catalyst to encourage foreign direct investment.
     他说，他认为银行就应该起到刺激外国直接投资的作用。
• (化学)催化剂
  In chemistry, acatalystis a substance that causes a chemical reaction to take place more quickly.

英英释义

noun

• something that causes an important event to happen
  1. the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country
• (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
  Synonym:accelerator

双语例句

• And the relevant suggestion for developing trend of catalytic cracking process and catalyst is pointed out.
  对催化裂化工艺和催化剂的发展趋势提出了相关的建议。
• Phase transfer catalyst was used for synthesis of citral diethyl acetal, the yield has increased.
  用相转移催化合成了柠檬醛二乙缩醛，提高了产率。
• In this paper, with solid superacid as catalyst for isoamyl propionate synthesis was studied.
  本论文用固体超强酸为催化剂对丙酸异戊酯的合成进行了研究。
• Research situation of synthesis methanol catalyst abroad& at home was introduced;
  介绍了国内外合成甲醇催化剂的研究情况；
• He said he saw the bank's role as a catalyst to encourage foreign direct investment.
  他说，他认为银行就应该起到刺激外国直接投资的作用。
• In addition, the choices of the emulsifiers system and the catalyst are discussed.
  该部分着重讨论了复合乳化剂体系和催化剂的选择。
• With more active catalyst, the reaction was carried out completely.
  由于使用了活性较大的催化剂，反应进行地很彻底。
• I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change
  我非常希望这起事件能催生变革。
• In-situ thermal degrdn. of a com. dehydrogenation catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor is studied exptl.
  用实验研究了在固定床式反应器中一种普通脱氢用催化剂的实时热降解。
• The influence of middle rare earth oxides on the activity of Pd catalyst has been discussed in this article.
  本文研究了中稀土氧化物对钯催化剂活性的影响。