生物體若預先受過特定逆境因子的刺激後，當再度遭遇類似或不同的逆境挑戰時，經常能有著更好的耐受性或抗性。此種透過先前的經驗而影響後續反應的過程，英文稱作priming。Priming在植物逆境科學領域是一個涉及了感知、信息傳導及記憶等多重分子生物學機制的複雜生理反應，與其它研究領域裡所提及的priming含義並不完全相同。目前，常用的priming中文名稱均無法準確地傳達在植物逆境科學中的原本意涵。因此，作者提議使用「預啟」作為priming在植物逆境相關領域的一個專用翻譯詞，以利植物學領域之學術交流。本文除解釋將priming翻譯成預啟的理由外，還重點回顧了植物之生物與非生物性逆境研究中，預啟作用與記憶的關係。

Organisms that have previously experienced a specific environmental stimulus often show better tolerance or resistance to stress later. This general phenomenon is known as priming. Priming in plant stress research is a sophisticated physiological response that involves multiple molecular mechanisms of perception, signal transduction, and memory. Currently, the commonly used Chinese translation for priming does not accurately convey the original meaning in plant stress science. Therefore, we propose “預啟” as a specific term for priming in plant stress biology to facilitate scholarly communication in Chinese. In addition to explaining the rationale for this translation, this short article briefly highlights the relationship between priming and memory in the studies of biotic and abiotic stresses in plants.