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单词 motivate
释义
motivate
verb
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ə.veɪt/
C1[Toften passive]
tocausesomeone tobehavein aparticularway:
使产生动机；激起
Like so manypeople, he's motivated bygreed.像许多人一样，他为贪婪所驱使。
He isgenuinelymotivated by adesiretohelppeople.他完全是出于帮助人的愿望。
C1[T]
to make someonewantto do something well:
激励；激发…的积极性
[+ to infinitive]Teaching is all about motivatingpeopletolearn.教学就是要激发人们去学习。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Encouraging and urging on
  • abet
  • barrack forsomeone
  • bread
  • bring
  • bringsomeoneout
  • cheer
  • get in there!idiom
  • get out of here!idiom
  • go on
  • good/great/lovely stuff!idiom
  • goose
  • mentor
  • pep talk
  • permit
  • prepare
  • prepare the groundidiom
  • prod
  • spur
  • stimulus
  • urge
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(Definition ofmotivatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

motivate| Business English

motivate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈməʊtɪveɪt/us
to make someoneeagerto do something:
motivate sb to do sthShemanagedto motivatestafftoworktogether after themerger.
[usually passive]
toinfluencesomeone'sbehaviourin aparticularway:
be motivated by sthHe was motivated bygreed.

motivated

adjective
financially/commercially motivatedAll thesedecisionswerecommerciallymotivated
(Definition ofmotivatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmotivate

motivate
If on such an item the subject makes an external attribution, there may be good reason to infer that this is defensively motivated.
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There are other examples of new enfeoffments which turn out on closer analysis to have been motivated by political designs.
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In the forefront was the observation that physicians do not perceive the purported power of their recommendations in motivating patient behavioral change.
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The choice of the third correlogram peak was not motivated by rigorous theoretical considerations but was also not arbitrary.
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They assumed that we are all naturally motivated towards convention and require some force(" strain") to push us out of it.
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In turn, the teacher keeps herself up to date and maintains an active interest in motivating and guiding the learner.
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The narrative determination of a universe motivates the segmentation of the time line into foreground and background (the former is treated as the present).
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Underlying these historically contingent details, and motivating their selection and deployment, is a particular type of plot structure.
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Thus, we were motivated to conduct the present investigation.
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I do not take for granted, however, that everyone has the will or the interest to do so, if not motivated by good examples.
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The local acceptance of heritage projects is often motivated by material needs within poor communities.
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In such circumstances, the child's underlying (and perhaps unconscious) belief that others are hostilely motivated guides the "on-line" interpretation of social cues.
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To be sure, many were motivated to join out of fear of their fellows.
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In many cases researchers are currently motivated to summarize their data with ambiguous and/or multi parameter models.
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According to the rational actor model in economics, people are solely motivated by self-interest.
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