incentive

英 [ɪn'sentɪv] 美 [ɪn'sɛntɪv]

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※ 提供单词"incentive"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

incentive 刺激，刺激因素

in-,进入，使，-cent,唱，吟唱，词源同chant,cantor.其原义为定调，唱的节拍，引申词义鼓励，刺激，刺激因素。

incentive (n.): early 15c., from Late Latin incentivum, noun use of neuter of Latin adjective incentivus "setting the tune" (in Late Latin "inciting"), from past participle stem of incinere "strike up," from in- "in, into" (see in- (2)) + canere "sing" (see chant (v.)). Sense influenced by association with incendere "to kindle." The adjective use, in reference to a system of rewards meant to encourage harder work, first attested 1943 in jargon of the U.S. war economy; as a noun, in this sense, from 1948.

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1. 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。

2. It's the biggest financial incentive ever dangled before British footballers.: 这是历来对英国足球运动员的最大经济诱惑.

3. A little bonus will give the employees an incentive to work harder.: 一点奖金可以刺激雇员更加努力地工作.

4. Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.: 在许多职业中,钱仍是主要的鼓励因素.