Inducement
[ɪn'djuːsm(ə)nt] or [ɪn'dusmənt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
(n.) That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil.
(n.) Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.
手打:奥利
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Motive, reason, cause, consideration, incitement, incentive, stimulus, spur, influence, impulse.
整理:奥蒂斯
例句/造句/用法:
- But on the other hand, as Emma wants to see her better informed, it will be an inducement to her to read more herself. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Her inducement to come to me, relying on my confidence, had been the hope that I could tell her the name and place of abode. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- My means would suffice both to take me there, to keep me a few days, and also to bring me back if I found no inducement to stay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The truth is, that the old lady's evidently increasing admiration was Mr. Pickwick's principal inducement for going away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It was the prospect of constant society, and good society, he added, which was my chief inducement to enter the ----shire. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Perhaps I don't regard it as such a strong inducement to go and see you. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He is, indeed; but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance--for who would object to such a partner? 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- This was another inducement for him to side with the rich goldsmith. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Had he NOT told me as an inducement that you and your sister were to be there, I should have felt it too certain a thing, to trust myself near him. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- But a system of inducement which might have carried weaker country lasses along with it had merely repelled Eustacia. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Wellington was no inducement for me to prolong my stay in Paris, and as Buonaparte was now on his way from Elba, I began to prepare for my departure. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Besides the argument used by my father in favor of my going to West Point--that he thought I would go--there was another very strong inducement. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This seemed to have been her principal inducement, originally, for taking up her residence there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He acknowledged no such inducement, and his sister ought to have given him credit for better feelings than her own. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She had no inducements to go back, and had rarely gone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Besides, there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- At _his_ age, in _his_ place, with _his_ inducements, I would have acted differently. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I am not without strong inducements to do so; the fund of knowledge you promise to communicate to me is, in addition to them, no small one. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- His first inducements to travel. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I have many inducements to do so. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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