incentive

【发音】

美 /ɪn'sɛntɪv/ 英 /ɪn'sentɪv/

【翻译】

1. n. 刺激， 鼓励

   英释:something that encourages you to work harder, start a new activity etc

【记忆】

in ＋ cent(分， 分币) ＋ ive → 用钱(分币)刺激 → 刺激， 鼓励

【短语】

1. incentive mechanism : 激励机制

2. incentive system : 奖励制度，激励制度

3. incentive theory : 激励理论；诱因论

4. incentive plan : 奖励计划，奖金计划

5. economic incentive : 经济激励，经济刺激；经济诱因

6. incentive compatibility : 激励相容；剌激的协调性

7. incentive compensation : 奖金

8. material incentive : 物质剌激，物质鼓励

9. incentive pay : 奖金，奖励津贴；奖励工资，激励工资

10. tax incentive : 税收鼓励

11. positive incentive : 正诱因，正激发

【例句】

1. As an added incentive, there’s a bottle of champagne for the best team.

   给最优秀的队发一瓶香槟作为额外的鼓励。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels...

2. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...they have an incentive to keep us hooked...

3. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices...

4. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Fair competition might create a strong incentive for insurers to charge less...

5. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...these experiments rely on incentive payments to get doctors to try them...

6. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...insurers would have a strong incentive to sell on the exchange...

7. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government...

8. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...America lacked the incentive to care for the majority of its citizens as it found no rival for its economic model...

9. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...It's always more of an incentive if you're doing it with other people...

【同、近义词】

1. n.动机；刺激

   motivation/stimulus/reason/excitement/needle/

2. adj.激励的；刺激的

   stimulative/hortatory/