His belief was that a theory should serve as a stimulus to further creative thinking.

他的信念是一个理论应该能够激发进一步的，创造性的思考。

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With Keynes's theory understood, it becomes possible to list the principles of effective stimulus.

了解凯恩斯理论后，就可以列出有效的刺激案的原则。

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Even if a stimulus package temporarily reduced unemployment, in this theory, it would be entirely ineffective over the long haul.

就这个理论而言，即使财政刺激计划暂时减少了失业率，在长期来看也会完全失效。

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He developed the theory of classical conditioning by making a distinction between two sorts of conditioning, two sorts of stimulus response relationships.

他通过区分两种条件作用,两种刺激反应关系，提出了经典条件作用理论。

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The fundamental failing of the Keynesian stimulus theory is that it neatly ignores the presence of financial markets, which have as their primary purpose transferring savings from those who do not currently need to spend to those who need the funds, either to spend or to invest.

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And the main achievement of his first year was the so-called stimulus, which was based on the same Keynesian theory that a nation can become richer by switching money from one pocket to another.

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In theory, he and Congress could couple a bigger stimulus with more ambitious deficit-reduction by reforming entitlements (such as health care and pensions for the elderly) and taxes.

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