incentive

英 [ɪnˈsentɪv]

美 [ɪnˈsentɪv]

n.  激励; 刺激; 鼓励

复数：incentives　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8BEC

Collins.2 / BNC.3252 / COCA.2726

牛津词典

noun

• 激励；刺激；鼓励
  something that encourages you to do sth
  1. tax incentives to encourage savings
     鼓励储蓄的税收措施
  2. There is no incentive for people to save fuel.
     没有使人们节约燃料的鼓励办法。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 刺激;激励;奖励
  If something is anincentive todo something, it encourages you to do it.
  1. There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures...
     几乎没有什么激励政策来促使人们采取这些措施。
  2. Many companies in Britain are keen on the idea of tax incentives for R&D.
     英国许多公司都很欢迎以税收优惠的方式来鼓励研发的想法。

英英释义

noun

• a positive motivational influence
  Synonym:inducementmotivator
• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
  Synonym:bonus

双语例句

• There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures
  几乎没有什么激励政策来促使人们采取这些措施。
• Competition is a strong incentive to industry.
  竞争给产业以有力的刺激。
• With some pupils, praise is not an incentive to study hard.
  对于一些小学生来说，受表扬不是努力学习的动机。
• There has to be incentive and encouragement for innovation.
  对创新要有激励和鼓励。
• Her interest gave me an incentive and I worked twice as hard.
  她的兴趣鼓舞了我，因此我加倍努力地工作。
• I think this is very symbolic and can be an incentive to the other countries.
  我认为这是很有标志性意义的，对其他国家来说也是一个激励。
• The latter requires an incentive system that rewards individuals based on performance and achievement of individual goals.
  后者需要一个适当的激励体制&根据他们的表现和个人目标的实现给予一定程度的奖励。
• Neither side would have an incentive to start a war. Ergo, peace would reign.
  双方都不会有开战的动机，所以将会是和平时期。
• Yang Lan: This is for your team morale and cohesion, it is also an incentive.
  杨澜：这个对你们的士气和队伍的凝聚力来说也是一种激励吧？
• Many companies in Britain are keen on the idea of tax incentives for R& D.
  英国许多公司都很欢迎以税收优惠的方式来鼓励研发的想法。