disincentive

disincentive
noun
  1. 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
  1. 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。
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