Companies that ignore the new reporting rules incur penalties large enough to erase an entire year of profit.
无视新申报规定的公司会招致足以抹去整年利润的罚款。
Which choice best defines “incur”?
B — To bring upon oneself (something bad).. “incur” means To bring upon oneself (something bad)..
Which word means “To bring upon oneself (something bad).”?
A — incur. “incur” means To bring upon oneself (something bad)..
incur — To bring upon oneself (something bad).. In Chinese: 招致;引起;蒙受.
incur is pronounced //ɪnˈkɜːr//.
Companies that ignore the new reporting rules incur penalties large enough to erase an entire year of profit. (无视新申报规定的公司会招致足以抹去整年利润的罚款。)
sustain, invite, provoke — all close in meaning to incur (To bring upon oneself (something bad).).
avoid, evade — each the opposite of incur (To bring upon oneself (something bad).).
Yes. incur is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in(进入) + cur(跑,current) → 跑进麻烦里 → 招致。