名词

1. Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.
在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。

2. The child has no incentive to study harder because his parents cannot afford to send him to college.
这孩子没有努力学习的动力，因为他父母供不起他上大学。

3. He hasn't much incentive to work hard.
他没有努力工作的动机。

1. 奖励：韩联社报道,希拉里当天在举行第十六届东盟地区论坛的泰国普吉岛喜来登酒店召开记者会,做出了上述表示. 她还强调,若朝鲜着手进行不可逆的无核化,美国将作为合作伙伴发展关系,作为奖励(incentive)可能会有关系正常化.

1. 刺激;激励;奖励
If something is an incentive to do something, it encourages you to do it.

e.g. There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures...
几乎没有什么激励政策来促使人们采取这些措施。
e.g. Many companies in Britain are keen on the idea of tax incentives for RD.
英国许多公司都很欢迎以税收优惠的方式来鼓励研发的想法。

noun

1. a positive motivational influence

Synonym: inducementmotivator

2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

Synonym: bonus