motivate
美 [?mo?t??ve?t] 
英 [?m??t?ve?t]
- v.激勵；激發；成為…的動機；是…的原因
- 網絡促動；促使；鼓勵
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：motivates 現在分詞：motivating 過去式：motivated 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [oftpass] ~ sb 成為…的動機；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。 |
2. | 推動…甘愿苦干；激勵；激發to make sb want to do sth, especially sth that involves hard work and effort |
| She's very good at motivating her students. 她非常擅長激勵她的學生。 |
| The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently. 這個計劃旨在促使員工更加卓有成效地工作。 |
3. | ~ sth （就所說的話）給出理由；說明…的原因to give reasons for sth that you have stated |
| Please motivate your answer to question 5. 請解釋你對第 5 題所作的回答。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Able to motivate encourage and negotiate with suppliers to meet the company requirements.
能夠與供應商商討并且激發鼓勵他們去滿足公司的要求。
When communicating with your child, always maintain your sense of humor and pleasant mood to motivate him to continue speaking.
當您與孩子溝通時，應該盡量保持幽默感及愉快的心情，這樣比較能夠激發孩子說話；
He hung a poster of Ian Crocker above his bed after his team mate beat him at the 2003 World Championships to help motivate him for Athens.
他還把隊友克羅克（IanCrocker）的大海報貼在床頭激勵自己，克羅克曾在03年世錦賽上戰勝菲爾普斯。
Record your progress. Monitoring how much you've improved will help motivate you.
記錄下你的進步。跟蹤記錄自己的進步將會幫助你激勵自己。
If you're not trying to persuade people for the kingdom, what would motivate you to do so?
如果你還沒有為神的國勸人，那么什么才能夠激勵你這么做呢？
To motivate you, it might be beneficial to see what others have done, but do not compare.
要給與動機你，理解其他者已經做，但是不比較的可能是有益的。
Service-oriented companies motivate, train and empower their employees to act like the company they work for is their own business.
本公司服務的激勵，培訓和授權員工行為像他們工作的公司是他們自己的事。
I don't know for a certain, but I do believe she was the person who asked the VP to help motivate the team.
雖然我并不清楚，但是我相信她一定是那個請副主席來幫忙激發團隊的人。
This article is not intended to open old memory or to motivate sentiment among ethnics at all.
我寫這篇文章絕不是為了揭開傷疤或者激發種族沖突的情緒。
Regardless of what you learn, your taking the time to ask is enough to motivate your employees and inspire their loyalty.
不管你最終了解到了什么，至少你花了時間去問就足以激勵你員工并提升他們的忠誠。
We desperately need that and the power of a God who can motivate you to believe that you can become what you want to become.
那是我們極需要的，一位有能力推動你的神，使你相信你能成為你想成為的。
But I think there's a better approach than trying to motivate yourself with the human equivalent of canine obedience training.
但我想應當有一個更好的方法，這個方法比你那種通過類似訓犬的方法來獲得動力強的多。
Make up your own words to your favorite tunes; dance around the living room with your children; and use music to motivate room cleaning.
用你們自己的歌詞和著你們最愛的曲調；和你的孩子們一起在客廳里一圈圈地跳舞；而后用音樂讓做家務不那么無聊。
He was able to influence and motivate people because he understood what mattered to them and was an excellent communicator.
他能夠影響和激勵員工，因為他明白對他們重要的，是一位優秀的溝通。
Election activity has surged in the past few days with both major parties trying to motivate their supporters to vote.
選舉活動在過去幾天開始升溫，兩大政黨都在試圖動員他們的支持者投票。
A new pair of running tights or a cozy fleece will help motivate you to get out for a run.
一套新的運動緊身衣或者舒適的羊毛會幫助激發你出去跑步。
It can help you know what's needed to help & assist them or to motivate them into taking positive actions.
它會幫你找到如何有效的幫助和支持別人，激勵他們投入到積極的行動中去。
Daydreaming can motivate you and give you a clear idea of what you want your end goal to be, but it won't help you get there any faster.
白日夢能激勵你并給你一個終極目標的清晰輪廓，但是它不能讓你繼續前進。
At the other extreme there are people who seem to have no ability to do this; they need a boss to motivate them.
另一個極端的人卻一點都做不到；需要老板來激勵他們。
Annie has always liked Troy and could motivate him to be more focused. But can their relationship be more than just a high school crush?
安妮一直喜歡特洛伊，也能激勵他更專心。但是他們的關系能超出高中的一時迷戀嗎？
There is only so long that you can go trying to motivate yourself to do something you don't like to do, something you don't want to do.
從事自己不喜歡不想做的事情時，動機只能驅使你嘗試有限的一段時間。
"My behavior is always correct, and I always try to motivate people, " he said.
“我的行為舉止一直都很得體，我總是試著激發人們的上進心，”他說。
The next criterion is that the boss must sound as if he is on the same planet as the people he is trying to motivate.
第二個標準是，老板的話必須聽上去讓人覺得他和自己試圖激勵的人同處在一個星球上。
Focus on deciding what will motivate you to get out of bed in the morning.
先集中弄清楚是什么促使你一大早從床上爬起來。
The Examination systems do not motivate a student to read widely, but train one to think independently.
我們的考試制度不會促使學生廣泛閱讀，只是訓練他們獨立思考問題的能力。
Self-sufficiency: They have to be able to self-manage, self-motivate, self-organize and think critically for themselves.
自給自足：他們必須有自我管理、自我激勵、自我組織和批判性地思考的能力。
You know you need to work on an action step, and you try to keep the end goal in mind to motivate yourself.
你知道你需要完成每一小步，然后牢記最終目標以激勵自己。
No, we don't say that because we know we can teach and motivate and cajole the typical kid to be able to do all of these things.
所以我們不說。因為我們知道，我們可以教他，引導他慢慢學會做所有他該會的事情。
If you're on this top-10 list, hopefully it will motivate you to be better prepared in the event of a large earthquake.
如果你是在上述名單列舉的地區，那麼你最好做好可能發生大地震的準備。
Today, I found out that my friend uses pictures of me to motivate her to work out.
今天我發現有個朋友用我的照片作為激勵他的工具！
Every time, a Capricorn man is ready to share knowledge with others and motivate people around him.
摩羯男往往喜歡同別人分享自己的知識，并激勵周圍的人們。
Positive stress that occurs when your level of stress is high enough to motivate you to move into action to get things accomplished.
積極壓力。當你的壓力程度足夠高時，就會激發你采取行動，完成事情。
And I found myself the Friday after September 11th -- two days afterwards -- literally unable to motivate anyone and to do anything.
就在911后的禮拜五--也就是事情發生兩天之后--我發現自己基本上不能激勵任何人去做任何事了。
To motivate employees, managers need to reward achievements and progress toward goals by employees much more frequently than once a year.
為了激勵員工，管理者對那些符合組織目標的成就，一年才僅獎勵是遠遠不夠的。
Setting reasonable targets is a good way to motivate you. You could set yourself a time limit or aim for a certain level of proficiency .
確立一個合理的目標是一種很好的激勵自己的方法。你可以給自己制定一個時間表或是定在某一個熟練程度。
It is great having role models and looking up to people that motivate us but let me ask you this.
有自己的榜樣并且能尊敬那些激勵自己的人是很好的，但是讓我問你個問題。
It will remind you and motivate you to continue. Furthermore you will create a habit of responding positively to the keyword.
這會激勵你不斷前進，繼而使你對關鍵詞做出積極的反應。
And if you're not ready to get back to your life yet, read How to Motivate Yourself - Amelia Earhart!
如果你還沒準備好回歸你自己的生活，讀讀這個吧--阿米莉亞·誒而哈特的《怎樣激發自己》。
And understanding that the modern players can only motivate themselves, Jackson's leadership has to be much more subtle.
菲爾明白現在的球員想要激發斗志只能靠他自己，因此他和他的的領導層必須要更加謹慎和狡猾才能做到這點。
Experience firsthand that your actions have consequences, and that will motivate you to take more focused action.
你的行為所帶來的第一手的經驗的結果是，那將促使你采取更有針對性的行動。
