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单词 incentive
释义 incentive
 —incentively,  adv.  
 /in sen"tiv/,  n.  
  1. something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
  adj.  
  2. inciting, as to action; stimulating; provocative.
 [1400-50; late ME < LL incentivus provocative, L: setting the tune, equiv. to incent(us) (ptp. of incinere to play (an instrument, tunes); in- IN-2 + -cinere, comb. form of canere to sing) + -ivus -IVE]
 Syn. 1. stimulus, spur, incitement, impulse, encouragement; goad, prod. See motive.
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