(noun.) act of bringing about a desired result; 'inducement of sleep'.
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双语例句
But on the other hand, as Emma wants to see her better informed, it will be an inducement to her to read more herself. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
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. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
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. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
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.维莱特.
The truth is, that the old lady's evidently increasing admiration was Mr. Pickwick's principal inducement for going away. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
It was the prospect of constant society, and good society, he added, which was my chief inducement to enter the ----shire. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
Perhaps I don't regard it as such a strong inducement to go and see you. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
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? 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
This was another inducement for him to side with the rich goldsmith. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
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. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
But a system of inducement which might have carried weaker country lasses along with it had merely repelled Eustacia. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
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. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
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·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
This seemed to have been her principal inducement, originally, for taking up her residence there. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
He acknowledged no such inducement, and his sister ought to have given him credit for better feelings than her own. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
She had no inducements to go back, and had rarely gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
Besides, there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
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. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
At _his_ age, in _his_ place, with _his_ inducements, I would have acted differently. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
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. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.