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

• The company offers a bonus as an incentive to greater speed and efficiency in production.
  公司提供红利，作为提高生产速度和效率的刺激。
• 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。
• The incentive for teachers has been important.
  教师奖励机制发挥了重要的作用。
• Provide an incentive for customers to buy and to return.
  为顾客的购买和回头再购买提供一个动机。
• The incentive structure and legal framework work in our favour.
  激励结构和法律框架对我们有利。
• 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 will be a major incentive among TV channels to keep standards up
  将会有重大举措鼓励各电视频道维持高标准。
• In mitigation, it should be pointed out that there wasn't much incentive to make world-beating wine.
  作为开脱的理由也罢，应该指出酿造举世无双的葡萄酒并没有什么实际的好处。
• 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。
• For him, this will be a huge Incentive.
  这对于他来说将是一个巨大的激励。