人类血液中首次发现微塑料颗粒(13)

一个男人用枪指着他们，扣动了扳机。
类似的还有：
stir表示“激发，激起（强烈的感情）；引起（强烈的反应）”，英文解释为“to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction”，举个：
The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination.
这首诗能够激发起想象力。
provoke也表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”，如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。
spur 鼓动；激励；鞭策；刺激；鼓舞”，英文解释为“If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.”举个：
It"s the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.
是金钱驱使这些渔民驾驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。
电影《龙之心3：巫师的诅咒》（Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer"s Curse）中的台词提到：To spur the clans to war. 激励部族发起战争。

The new research was funded by the Dutch National Organisation for Health Research and Development and Common Seas, a social enterprise working to reduce plastic pollution.
这项新研究由荷兰国家卫生研究与发展组织（Dutch National Organisation for Health Research and Development）和致力于减少塑料污染的社会企业“Common Seas”资助。