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

• 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。
• Fixed wages and lack of promotion act as a disincentive to employees.
  工资固定又无晋升机会遏制了雇员的积极性。
• Finally, there is also the danger that controls on particular types of inflows could be a disincentive to other types of flows that are needed for growth and economic diversification.
  最后，对某种资金流入的管制，还可能不利于增长和经济多元化所需的其它类型的资金流动。
• This raises a third, more serious concern: that cheap three-year funding creates a disincentive for eurozone commercial banks to restructure their balance sheets and strengthen their capital base, as they must to stand on their own feet once the crisis is over.
  这引发了第三个、更为严重的担忧：廉价的三年期融资使得欧元区商业银行没有动力重组其资产负债表并强化资本基础，因为一旦危机结束他们必须自力更生。
• Others view it as a rigid brake on employment flexibility and a disincentive to hire new workers.
  其他人则将之视为对就业灵活性的严厉束缚和对雇佣新员工的阻碍。
• High taxes are a disincentive to industrial investment.
  税高是抑制工业投资的因素。
• 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。
• The risk that new compounds may be withdrawn from the market is a strong disincentive to new drug development.
  新化合物有可能被撤出市场，这种风险对新药物开发具有强大抑制作用。
• 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。
• 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。