disincentive

英 [ˌdɪsɪnˈsentɪv]

美 [ˌdɪsɪnˈsentɪv]

n.  起抑制作用的事物; 遏制因素

复数：disincentives　

BNC.16255 / COCA.19475

牛津词典

noun

• 起抑制作用的事物；遏制因素
  a thing that makes sb less willing to do sth

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 制止因素;阻碍因素
  Adisincentiveis something which discourages people from behaving or acting in a particular way.
  1. High marginal tax rates may act as a disincentive to working longer hours.
     高额的边际税率可能会对加班起到抑制作用。

英英释义

noun

• a negative motivational influence
  Synonym:deterrence

双语例句

• First, the rest of the labour market is as rigid as ever: typically, the law entitles laid-off employees to compensation of 24-36 months of pay, which is a big disincentive to restructuring.
  首先，劳动力市场的其他部分仍然空前僵化：一般情况下，法律规定雇主向被裁员的员工支付相当于24至36个月工资的补偿金，这严重抑制了企业重组。
• Many Chancellors have said that they would jump at a tax that had no disincentive effects on work or enterprise but had a strong redistributive element.
  许多大臣都表示，如果一种税对劳动和企业没有抑制性影响、却有着强大的再分配作用，他们会迫不及待地接受它。
• There is plenty of room for discussion about the causes of this growing gap, the extent to which reducing inequality should be a central objective of government policy and the possible disincentive effects of excessively progressive taxes.
  关于收入差距越来越大的原因、降低不平等在政府政策的核心目标中应该排在第几位，以及过分累进的税制可能产生的挫伤积极性的效果，存在很大的讨论空间。
• They get promotions, the honour of a job well done and the disincentive of shame if they fail.
  他们获得晋升，任务完成后感到光荣，失败后则感到耻辱。
• Another big disincentive for hot money is that there are widespread fears that the Chinese economy is starting to cool and that the property market is about to crash.
  另一个阻碍热钱流入的重要因素是，人们普遍担心中国经济已经开始降温，房地产市场即将崩盘。
• This is not a negligible sum; but it would not take much in the way of disincentive effects, emigration or tax avoidance at the top to wipe it out altogether.
  这不是个可以忽略不计的小数目，但不需要太多的反向激励作用、移民出境、或是富人的避税行为，这笔钱就会被完全抹掉。
• The society also says that publishing models in which researchers pay to submit or publish papers "introduce a new disincentive to the exchange of knowledge".
  此外，在开放获取的出版模式下，研究者需要付费投稿或发表论文，从而“带来了一层妨碍知识交流的新屏障”。
• High taxes are a disincentive to industrial investment.
  税高是抑制工业投资的因素。
• Any further increase in benefits would be a disincentive to work.
  再提高救济金就会对工作起抑制作用。
• No incentive without disincentive.
  没有约束就不要有激励。