Stay away from stimulating or self-help books though; they rev up your brain.

不要读那种自我激励的书籍，它们会使你的大脑更活跃。

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And they tend to be engaged in stimulating or intellectually challenging activities.

而且，他们还倾向于参加富有刺激或智力挑战的活动。

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The effects of stimulating or inhibiting of trivalent arsenic on DNA synthesis were always stronger than that of pentavalent arsenic.

不论对细胞DNA合成的促进作用还是抑制作用，三价砷比五价砷的作用更强。

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At the same time, social and intellectual activities such as visiting family and friends, reading, playing intellectually stimulating games or learning a new language did nearly nothing to ward off the symptoms of an aging brain, the study said.

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There have been a few successful attempts at growing or stimulating figure.

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The interaction has to have a useful effect damping down the activity of a protein that is too abundant, perhaps, or stimulating that of one which is not abundant enough.

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