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inducement

/in-doos-muhnt, -dyoos-/US // ɪnˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus- //UK // (ɪnˈdjuːsmənt) //

诱因,诱惑,诱导,引诱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of inducing.
    • : the state of being induced.
    • : something that induces, motivates, or persuades; incentive.

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Examples

  • In response, for almost 70 years Pakistan tried either to influence or to weaken Afghanistan through a combination of economic pressure and inducements with support for rebellions within Afghanistan.

  • Yet some local governments are adding further inducements in the hopes of accelerating full immunization.

  • Access to power and business favors add to the inducements to stay on message.

  • No State, in the current economic situation, can turn down this “financial inducement.”

  • Shah is a master at making opposition legislators switch sides through inducements and intimidation, and thereby flipping elected state governments.

  • Though fraudulent inducement does not ordinarily augur well, it worked.

  • But the same inducement in song at the end of a Woody Allen show has the potential to come off as less-than sincere.

  • East replied, "I'm sorry, that's not sufficient inducement."

  • The New York Times called the film “an effective inducement to rage.”

  • So the billion-dollar question is: How do they accomplish this feat of inducement?

  • It is to be feared that the attractions of the house-dinner were not the sole inducement to many of those sitting there.

  • "Quite an inducement for me to know her, I'm sure," observed Miss Jane, dryly.

  • Its wealth and stability were also an additional inducement to the kings in granting to the towns their firma burgi.

  • They were offered every inducement to desert,—heavy bribes, and promotion in a new service,—but they refused them all.

  • An invitation from Prince Radziwill was the inducement that led him to quit the paternal roof so soon after his return to it.