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Incentive Work Country Region Incentivus Verb 英 ɪn'sentɪv] 美

英语单词 incentive
英美音标 英 [ɪn'sentɪv] 美 [ɪn'sentɪv]
中文释义 adj.刺激的;鼓励的
n.刺激;鼓励;动机
英语例句 (1) Haier is operating with the mechanism of Incentive Management.
(2) We should be incentive to further study in this subject.
(3) To support the family is an incentive for him to work hard.
(4) Incentives differ from country to country and region to region and are always highest in a depressed area.
中文例句 (1) 海尔实行激励管理机制。
(2) 我们应在这一课题上鼓励进一步研究。
(3) 养家糊口是他努力工作的刺激因素。
(4) 这些鼓励措施在国与国、地区与地区之间都不尽相同。一般萧条地区提供的鼓励最高。
vocabulary简明 If your mom wants you to mow the lawn but you don't feel like it, she might offer to treat you to ice cream after as an incentive. An incentive is something that stimulates you to take action or work harder.
vocabulary扩展 This noun dates back to Middle English, from Late Latin incentivum, from incentivus "stimulating." In Latin, incentivus meant "setting the tune," from incinere "to sing." The related English verb is incentivize. The less common verb incent was first used in the early 1980s, and has been criticized as business jargon.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]刺激;激励;奖励 If something is an incentive to do something, it encourages you to do it.
  [oft N to-inf]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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