1. 1誘因

    An inducement is a reason offered to make you do something — often a thing you will get if you say yes: extra pay, a gift, a cheaper price, a better deal. Shops, companies, and governments use inducements to pull people toward a choice. The word is a little formal; everyday English often says incentive, offer, or just reason. Though actually, it is not always a nice present. In law and in the news, an inducement can be the bait that leads someone into a contract, a job, or even a crime — so the word itself is cool and neutral, and the moral colour comes from what is being offered, and why.

core核心畫面

組成induce (to lead someone to do something) + -ment (the thing or result). From induce + -ment.

同家族的字

  • induceinducement is the thing that induces you — the reason held out

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。

inducementnoun/ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/

  • 1

    An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

    • Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.
    • These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.
  • 2

    An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

    • Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software.
  • 3

    lawAn introductory statement of facts or background information.

  • 4

    economicssciencesshippingThe act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

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