incentive英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

— I have no incentive to do housework right now.
A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

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

形容词 adj.

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

— Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.
Serving to kindle or set on fire.

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

词形变化

incentives plural more incentive comparative most incentive superlative

词汇关系

反义词

disincentive

衍生词

counterincentive eco-incentive incent incentify incentiveless incentively incentivise incentivize misincentive nonincentive tax incentive

词源

词源 1

From Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”) + -ive. The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”).

词源 2

From Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”) + -ive. The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”).