a factor, especially a financial disadvantage, that tends to discourage people from doing something 起抑制作用的因素(尤指金融上的不利因素) spiralling house prices are beginning to act as a disincentive to development. 不断上升的房价开始成为发展的障碍。
adjective
tending to discourage 抑制的;阻碍的 higher taxes have major disincentive effects on work effort. 更高的税对工作热情起主要的抑制作用。