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An inducement is a reason offered to make you do something — often a thing you will get if you say yes: extra pay, a gift, a cheaper price, a better deal. Shops, companies, and governments use inducements to pull people toward a choice. The word is a little formal; everyday English often says incentive, offer, or just reason. Though actually, it is not always a nice present. In law and in the news, an inducement can be the bait that leads someone into a contract, a job, or even a crime — so the word itself is cool and neutral, and the moral colour comes from what is being offered, and why.
誘因
組成induce (to lead someone to do something) + -ment (the thing or result). From induce + -ment.
同家族的字
- induceinducement is the thing that induces you — the reason held out
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inducementnoun/ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/
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An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
- Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.
- These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.
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An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
- Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software.
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lawAn introductory statement of facts or background information.
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economicssciencesshippingThe act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。