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motivate vt.激发(兴趣或欲望)；给与动机 (1) 他坐在那儿什么也不干,他需要一点动力去激发他。(2) 犯罪似乎都来自于仇恨。 The verb motivate means to prompt or incite. By giving speeches on college campuses across the country, John F. Kennedy motivated a lot of young people to join the Peace Corps in the early 1960s. People are not always motivated in positive ways, however. When a crime is described as racially motivated, it means the perpetrators picked their victim because of the color of his skin.

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英 ['məʊtɪveɪt] 美 ['moʊtɪveɪt] (1) He is just sitting there doing nothing. He needs to be motivated.(2) The crime appears to have been motivated by hatred. To give someone the incentive to act in a certain way is to motivate that person. If you give your dad a food-processor for his birthday, you might motivate him to help out with the cooking. 1[VERB 动词](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.   [be V-ed]  [V n to-inf]  [Also V n]They are motivated by a need to achieve...对成功的渴望激励着他们。The crime was not politically motivated...该犯罪行为没有政治动机。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。motivated...highly motivated employees.积极性很高的雇员motivationHis 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。2[VERB 动词]使决心做；使决意做 If someone motivates you to do something, they make you feel determined to do it.   [V n to-inf]  [V n]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。motivationGross'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。

英语单词	motivate
英美音标	英 ['məʊtɪveɪt] 美 ['moʊtɪveɪt]
中文释义	vt.激发(兴趣或欲望)；给与动机
英语例句	(1) He is just sitting there doing nothing. He needs to be motivated. (2) The crime appears to have been motivated by hatred.
中文例句	(1) 他坐在那儿什么也不干,他需要一点动力去激发他。 (2) 犯罪似乎都来自于仇恨。
vocabulary简明	To give someone the incentive to act in a certain way is to motivate that person. If you give your dad a food-processor for his birthday, you might motivate him to help out with the cooking.
vocabulary扩展	The verb motivate means to prompt or incite. By giving speeches on college campuses across the country, John F. Kennedy motivated a lot of young people to join the Peace Corps in the early 1960s. People are not always motivated in positive ways, however. When a crime is described as racially motivated, it means the perpetrators picked their victim because of the color of his skin.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词](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. [be V-ed] [V n to-inf] [Also V n] They are motivated by a need to achieve... 对成功的渴望激励着他们。 The crime was not politically motivated... 该犯罪行为没有政治动机。 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。 motivated ...highly motivated employees. 积极性很高的雇员 motivation 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。 2 [VERB 动词]使决心做；使决意做 If someone motivates you to do something, they make you feel determined to do it. [V n to-inf] [V n] 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。 motivation 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。

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