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

• 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。
• 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。
• There was no mechanism or incentive to protect knowledge and their research networks have limited interaction with industry.
  没有机制或者激励用于保护知识，而它们的研究网络限制了与工业界的互动。
• You get a big salary incentive and free board and lodging too.
  你们能获得大笔激励性薪水，还可享受免费膳宿。
• 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？
• There has to be incentive and encouragement for innovation.
  对创新要有激励和鼓励。
• The incentive for teachers has been important.
  教师奖励机制发挥了重要的作用。
• 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。
• Competition is a strong incentive to industry.
  竞争给产业以有力的刺激。
• But I do think there are flaws in the western system of relying so heavily on Incentive systems.
  但我确实认为西方过度依赖激励机制的体系是存在弊端的。