"I'm up to $375 so far." OhioHealth Wellness spokeswoman Lisa Meddock says half of the 9,000 employees at the company's five hospitals have signed up for the incentive program since it began in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

The incentive for cheaper services are very strong, and in that sense, of course people will get hurt and there will be objections.

想要获取更低的价格,购买服务非常正常，因而自然会有人遭受打击,会有人反对外包。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

I think it should. I think illegal downloading undermines the incentive for the artist

我觉得应该。我觉得非法下载破坏了艺术家的激励，

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Mortgage servicers,lenders and borrowers will receive incentive payments for the success of restructured loans.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

The incentive in Washington is such that it's virtually impossible to cut spending unless you can go to the voters " and say "We don't have the money."

政府的机制就是这样,削减财政开支，几乎不可能,除非你有勇气对选民说,“政府没钱了“

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Volpp says more studies are needed to measure the real impact of incentive programs on obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Why? Because no matter how the other firm, your competitor, prices you might have an incentive to undercut them.

为什么,因为不管你对手怎么定价,你总有想削弱他们的动机

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He adds it is ratepayers, not taxpayers, who shoulder the cost of this renewable energy incentive, and any rate increases are "tough to swallow."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

At this level of abstraction, plainly there isn't all that much incentive to apply thinking of that kind, but on the other hand undoubtedly theory does exist for the most part to be applied.

就这门课程中理论的抽象程度而言，没必要把它,用于实践，但是在绝大多数情况下,理论无疑都是为了实践而存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

As an incentive, the company offers cash for cell phones, smart phones and older laptops.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Because Roman legal structures-- and they even said this in Roman laws-- if you're a judge and you have a rich man and a poor man in your court, of course you're going to decide for the rich man, because the poor man has incentive to cheat; he's poor. But the rich man already has money, he doesn't have any incentive to cheat.

因为罗马法律结构。。。,甚至罗马法律中就这么写着。。。,如果你是法官，一个穷人和一个富人，同时出现在法庭上，你当然会偏袒富人，因为穷人有欺骗的动机，贫穷;,而富人已经很有钱了，没有动机再去行骗。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

"To be able to negotiate with the other side, at a bare minimum the other side has to have an incentive to talk to you.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

You have an incentive to say, because you're the equity holder, you have an incentive to say, hey why don't I just take some big gamble here and not tell anybody.

因为你是这家公司的股东,可能就有动力促使你这样想,我干嘛不来赌上一把呢,我不会告诉别人的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Everyone wants to export to the United States and that creates a huge incentive for producers and exporters to be in compliance with the U.S.Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Serfs who are compelled to work the land, or in some places even slaves, well, they have no incentive, put aside the question even of capacity, to invest capital for the purpose of improving the size and quality of the their crops, their trees, their vines.

那些被强迫耕种土地的农奴,或者是那些在其他地方直接成为奴隶的人,刨除能动性因素,农场主们,没有任何理由投资钱财,去改善他们农作物,果树和葡萄,的种植规模和品质

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The idea is a joint government-manufacturer incentive plan to give consumers with old car trade-ins a $3,000 cash back deal on the purchase of any new car.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

Both firms have an incentive to undercut the other firm, driving down profits for both.

每个企业都有削弱对手的动机,最后他们的利润都下降了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

And making sure that folks have the opportunity and incentive to save for a home or college, for retirement or a rainy day is essential to that effort,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

In fact, if the other person is working hard, or is cutting back on their carbon emissions, you have every bit more incentive to not work hard or to keep high carbon emissions yourself.

实际上,如果其他人正在努力工作,或者正在尽量减少碳排量,你总会有想偷懒的动机,或者总是继续大量排碳

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

At the end of the day, at least in the U.S., there is little incentive to prepare a real dinner when fast food is so available - and so much more fattening.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Again, that is a problem that lenders have that the company that's borrowing the money has this unfortunate incentive, at least at certain times, to take excessive risks because the debtors will end up bearing the losses.

这便是贷方遇到的又一问题,即借款公司可能会,抱有此种不良动机,至少在特定情况下会过分地追求风险,这样最终蒙受损失的将是债务人

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选