| 单词 | inducement |
| 释义 | inducement (once / 1491 pages) n The act of persuading someone to do something is called inducement. If you're training a dog, you might use food as an inducement to make the dog do what you want. This works with some humans too. The original meaning of the noun inducement came from the Latin verb inducere, meaning "to lead or persuade." Roman philosopher Seneca said, “There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.” So you can be seduced to bad behavior by some inducements or encouraged to good behavior by others. Would you like a treat? WORD FAMILYinducement: inducements+/induce: induced, inducement, inducer, induces, inducing, inducive/induced: self-induced/inducer: inducers USAGE EXAMPLESDuring the height of their diplomatic competition, Beijing and Taipei frequently offered substantial economic inducements to woo allies. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) If you need more inducement: the track absolutely slays, with one of the heaviest and best-produced guitar sounds of this year. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) Earlier this year, Massachusetts offered General Electric a nine-figure package of inducements to move its headquarters from Fairfield, Connecticut, to downtown Boston. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) 1n a positive motivational influence Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper incentive, motivator deterrence, disincentive a negative motivational influence dynamic, moral force an efficient incentive rational motive a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument 2n act of bringing about a desired result inducement of sleep Syn|Hypo|Hyper inducing corruption inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony) causation, causing the act of causing something to happen |
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