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单词 motivation
释义
motivation
noun
uk
/ˌməʊ.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmoʊ.t̬əˈveɪ.ʃən/

motivationnoun(ENTHUSIASM)

B2[U]
enthusiasmfor doing something:
积极性，干劲
He's abrightenoughstudent- he justlacksmotivation.他是个很聪明的学生，只是缺乏积极性。
Thereseemsto be alackof motivation among theemployees.员工们似乎缺乏干劲。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Motives and reasons
  • cause
  • causeless
  • drive
  • first principles
  • from a place ofidiom
  • ground
  • hidden agenda
  • impulse
  • in the name ofsomethingidiom
  • mainspring
  • motive
  • name
  • object
  • peg
  • place
  • rationale
  • should
  • wherefores
  • why
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motivationnoun(REASON)

C1[C]
the need orreasonfor doing something:
动机，诱因
What was the motivationfortheattack?这次袭击的诱因是什么？
The motivationbehindthedecisionis thedesiretoimproveourservicetoourcustomers.之所以作出这一决定是想要改善我们对顾客的服务。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Motives and reasons
  • cause
  • causeless
  • drive
  • first principles
  • from a place ofidiom
  • ground
  • hidden agenda
  • impulse
  • in the name ofsomethingidiom
  • mainspring
  • motive
  • name
  • object
  • peg
  • place
  • rationale
  • should
  • wherefores
  • why
See more results »
(Definition ofmotivationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

motivation| American Dictionary

motivation
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌmoʊ·t̬əˈveɪ·ʃən/
willingnessto do something, or something thatcausessuchwillingness:
[C]One motivation forreducingthestaffwas the need tocutcosts.
[U]You need a lot of motivation tosucceed.
literature
Motivation inliteratureandfilmis thereasonacharacterbehavesacertainway.
(Definition ofmotivationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

motivation| Business English

motivation
noun
uk
/ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃən/us
[U]
enthusiasmfor doing something:
Manystafflackmotivationand areresistanttochange.
[C]
the need orreasonfor doing something:
a motivation for sthAmajormotivation for hislatercareerwas tosecurearegularfinancialincome.
a motivation behind sthThe motivation behind thedecisionwas thedesiretocutcosts.
thechief/main/primarymotivation
(Definition ofmotivationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmotivation

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Lastly, opportunities for social prestige, political influence and patronage may also be part of business leaders' motivations.
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Taking criminal motivations as" given" seems a rather glib way of dealing with them.
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The advantages of the postclassical approach apply wherever the motivations towards particular criminal actions are vastly more prevalent than the actions.
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Only on this level of global disciplinary concerns can we understand the deep-level motivations for this inter-disciplinary link.
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Our response should be to investigate the contemporary motivations to such claims and the social, political and legal institutions that seek to wield ethnic identity.
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The fact that motivations for mixing are diverse helps explain why mixed languages are not uniform.
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His dissociation became much more effective because he could maintain his private/public dissociation by taking people's personal motivations and beliefs into account.
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Achieving an understanding of mortgagees' motivations is complicated by our discovery that mortgages were not all the same.
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We consider only four possible motivations because this suffices to develop our argument.
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There were three primary motivations for this extension.
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Belief in the caring generosity of physicians falsifies what we know about them by emphasizing their virtues and underplaying their other commitments and motivations.
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There is, of course, another important difference between captors and healthcare providers - in addition to the difference in their respective motivations.
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However, asylum evaluations are complex and motivations are multifold and multifaceted.
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They advertised widely the occurrence of crime and actively moulded its definition, suggesting motivations and dynamics for criminal behaviour.
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The agents' motivations: the interests, preferences, responsibilities and goals of the agents, which drive their behaviour.
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Collocationswithmotivation

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extrinsic motivation
The latter, the most obvious manifestation ofextrinsicmotivation, was given much more weight by some providers than others.
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increased motivation
This is considered a positive outcome, because other studies have shown that when individuals reduced their tobacco usage, they find increased motivation to quit entirely in the future.
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instrumental motivation
Students with integrative or instrumental motivation (particularly integrative) were less likely to experience severe attrition.
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