inducement UK [ɪn'dju:s.mənt] US [-'du:s-] noun countable or uncountable ■an act or thing that is intended to persuade someone or something 引诱;引诱物;诱因•financial / cash inducements经济/金钱诱惑 •Those tenants are not going to swap life-time security for shorter-term leases without some inducement.没有甚么好处的话,那些承租户是不会用终生保障换取较短期的租约的。 •[+ to infinitive] They offered voters a massive inducement to oust the president by announcing that sanctions would be lifted if there was 'democratic change'.他们宣布如果该国进行“民主变革”,制裁就会取消,以此巨大诱惑诱使选民罢免总统。 |