motivate
- vt.激励;激发;是…的原因;成为…的动机;说明…的原因;(就所说的话)给出理由;推动…甘愿苦干
派生词： motivated adj.;motivation n.;motivational adj.;motivator n. 过去式： motivated 现在分词： motivating 过去分词： motivated 第三人称单数： motivates
motiv(e) 动机 + -ate 做,造成
motivateverb
成为…的动机；是…的原因
to be the reason why sb does sth or behaves in a particular way
He is motivated entirely by self-interest.
他做事完全出于私利。
推动…甘愿苦干；激励；激发
to make sb want to do sth, especially sth that involves hard work and effort
She's very good at motivating her students.
她非常擅长激励她的学生。
The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently.
这个计划旨在促使员工更加卓有成效地工作。
（就所说的话）给出理由；说明…的原因
to give reasons for sth that you have stated
Please motivate your answer to question 5.
请解释你对第5题所作的回答。
a racially motivated attack
种族问题引发的攻击
a highly motivated student (= one who is very interested and works hard)
学习积极性很高的学生
What is the motivation behind this sudden change?
这种突然转变背后的动机是什么？
Most people said that pay was their main motivation for working.
大多数人说赚取报酬是他们工作的主要动机。
He's intelligent enough but he lacks motivation.
他很聪明，但缺乏积极性。
All research proposals must be accompanied by a full motivation.
所有研究计划书均须详述研究动机。
an important motivational factor
重要的促进因素
Desire for status can be a powerful motivator.
追逐地位的欲望可以成为强大的动力。
motivate
-
1
VERB (尤指情绪)激发，激励，驱使
If you are motivated by something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.They are motivated by a need to achieve...
对成功的渴望激励着他们。
-
...highly motivated employees.
积极性很高的雇员
-
His poor performance may be attributed to lack of motivation rather than to reading difficulties.
他糟糕的表现也许要归因于缺乏积极性，而不是阅读障碍。
-
4
VERB 使决心做;使决意做
If someone motivates you to do something, they make you feel determined to do it.How do you motivate people to work hard and efficiently?...
你是怎样激励大家奋发高效地工作的？
-
Gross's skill in motivation looked in doubt when his side began the second half badly.
球队下半场开局不利，看来格洛斯给队员鼓劲的技巧值得怀疑。
-
How do you motivate people to work hard and efficiently ?
你是怎样激励大家奋发高效地工作的？
-
Never let it be said that the manager doesn 't know how to motivate his players .
绝对不要让人说这位主教练不知道如何激励他的队员。
-
It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success .
普遍认为，成功催人奋进。
-
The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently .
这个计划旨在促使员工更加卓有成效地工作。
-
Please motivate your answer to question 5 .
请解释你对第5题所作的回答。
-
His actions were motivated by greed .
他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。
-
He is motivated entirely by self-interest .
他做事完全出于私利。
-
She was motivated solely by self-interest .
她完全是出于私利。
-
The attacks were not racially motivated .
袭击事件不是由种族原因引起的。
-
I largely work with people who already are motivated
我大多和积极主动的人一起工作。
-
I am working with mostly highly motivated people
和我共事的人大多积极性极高。
-
They are motivated by a need to achieve
对成功的渴望激励着他们。
-
He said his sudden focus on foreign policy was not motivated by presidential politics
他说他突然关注外交政策并非受总统政治的驱使。
-
The company screened out applicants motivated only by money .
该公司剔除了那些一心向钱看的申请者。
-
The coach tried to get his charges motivated .
教练试图激发队员的积极性。
-
Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues
大多数选民更在乎工作，因此政府可以不必在意那些关注环境问题的选民。
-
Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause
我们面临的挑战是如何调动那些选民的积极性并鼓励他们加入我们的事业。
-
I know it sounds corny , but I 'm really not motivated by money .
我知道这听起来像是老生常谈，但我真的不是为了钱。
-
Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity
使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
-
These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve , but by fear of failure
激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。
-
I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest
我认为说他们是受自身利益的驱使是对事实的严重歪曲。
-
I don 't want to be missing out . And that motivates me to get up and do something every day .
我不想被落下。这促使我行动起来每天做点事。
-
Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest .
他们当前的抗议完全是受一己之利驱使的。
-
The crime was not politically motivated
该犯罪行为没有政治动机。
-
Sometimes daydreams can motivate people to work harder .
有时白日梦能够激励人们更努力地工作。
-
What motivated my action , I can 't tell .
促使我行动的动机是什么，我说不出。
-
He is motivated by good intentions .
他的动机是善良的。
-
" It motivates you more if you know that you 've got to provide feedback to a group . "
"如果你知道自己必须向一个团队提供反馈,你会受到更多鼓舞。"
-
In a competitive work environment , employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them .
在竟争激烈的工作环境中，雇主利用高科技手段要求员工提供更多的服务，而不是使用技术为员工提供福利，让员工更加灵活地工作，以此来激励他们。
-
This contributed to the deterioration of the company 's once-spirited culture , which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles .
这种做法导致公司一度充满活力的文化发生了恶化,这种文化曾经激励员工险中求胜创造奇迹。
- 词语搭配