incentive
TOEFL・大学受験誘因・動機づけ、動機・誘因・奨励金
意味
- 刺激,動機,誘因
例文
The workers have no incentive to work harder.
労働者たちにはもっと働こうとする刺激がなにもない。
He was incensed by their lack of incentives.
彼は彼らのやる気の無さに激怒した。
We lack an incentive for pursuing the eastern market.
我々は東部市場を開拓しようと言う気持ちが欠けている。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
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”).