喜樂美語
  1. 1nC2/ɪnˈsentɪv/誘因

    Something, often money or another reward, that is offered to make a person want to do something or work harder.

    示範例句 · Example

    The company offers a cash bonus as an incentive for salespeople who reach their monthly targets.

    逐字這家公司提供現金獎金，作為給那些達到每月目標的業務員的一項誘因。

    incentive 的核心意思是「讓人想去做某件事的理由」，通常是因為做了就能得到好處，例如金錢、獎勵，或是像稅務優惠這樣的好處。常見的說法有 tax incentive（稅務誘因）、financial incentive（財務誘因）、give somebody an incentive（給某人一個誘因）。跟 motivation 不同：motivation 常常是自己心裡本來就有的動力，incentive 則是別人特地從外面提供的理由。

    常見搭配

    • give/offer somebody an incentive

      給某人一個誘因；提供獎勵

      to provide a reason or reward that encourages someone to do something

      The city offered residents an incentive to recycle more of their rubbish.

    • tax incentive

      稅務優惠；稅務誘因

      a reduction in tax offered to encourage a particular behaviour

      The government introduced tax incentives for people who buy electric cars.

    • financial incentive

      財務誘因；金錢誘因

      money offered as a reason to do something

      Doctors are given a financial incentive to work in small, rural towns.

    • a strong/powerful incentive

      強烈的誘因

      a very effective reason to do something

      Winning the trophy was a strong incentive for the whole team to keep practicing.

    • have little/no incentive to do something

      幾乎沒有動機去做某件事

      to have almost no reason to do something

      Workers have little incentive to work harder if their pay never changes.

core核心畫面

Picture something good placed where a person can see it, sitting just ahead of the work: a bonus if the team hits the target, a discount if you sign up this week, an extra day off for finishing the project early. It is not the pay for what you already did - it waits out in front, and its whole job is to make you want to move toward it.

可以想成有人把一樣好東西擺在你看得見的前方，就放在工作的前面一點：達標就有獎金、這週報名就打折、專案提早完成多放一天假。它不是事後結算的酬勞，而是先擺在那裡的一個東西，作用就是讓你想朝它的方向動起來。

複數 incentives

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

incentivenoun/ɪnˈsɛntɪv/

  • 1

    Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

    • I have no incentive to do housework right now.
    • It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
  • 2

    A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

    • Management offered the sales team a $500 incentive for each car sold.

incentiveadj/ɪnˈsɛntɪv/

  • 1

    Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.

    • Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.
  • 2

    Serving to kindle or set on fire.

    • Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.

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