motivation

英 [ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃn]

n.  动机; 动力; 诱因

复数：motivations　

高考TOEFLIELTSTEM8BEC医学

Collins.2 / BNC.3870 / COCA.3126

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 动力;诱因
  Yourmotivationfor doing something is what causes you to want to do it.
  1. Money is my motivation...
     金钱是我的动力。
  2. The timing of the attack, and its motivations, are unknown.
     袭击发生的时间及其动机尚不清楚。

英英释义

noun

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
  1. we did not understand his motivation
  2. he acted with the best of motives
  Synonym:motiveneed
• the act of motivating
  Synonym:motivating
• the condition of being motivated
  1. his motivation was at a high level

双语例句

• It is not better management and motivation for your husband.
  问题不在于管理和激励你的丈夫。
• Innate ability, personality, circumstances and an unusual level of motivation all play a role.
  个性、环境因素、天赋的才干和超常的积极性都起了作用。
• Money is my motivation
  金钱是我的动力。
• The timing of the attack, and its motivations, are unknown.
  袭击发生的时间及其动机尚不清楚。
• The ethics spirit in this kind of mode is the motivation and support by which the advanced villages form.
  这种模式中的伦理精神是强村形成的动力和支撑。
• Explain how goal-setting and reinforcement theories explain employee motivation.
  解释目标设置理论和强化理论怎么解释员工激励。
• Subjectivity and subjectification is an important motivation to the formation and development of syntactic structures.
  主观性和主观化是句子结构形成和变化的一个重要契机。
• This disparity underlines the motivation behind and the importance of earning a college degree.
  这个差距强调了背后的学习动力和取得大学学历的重要性。
• I believe my experience with people, my hard work, and motivation make me perfect for this job.
  我相信我和人们打交道的经验、我的努力以及积极性是我成为这份工作理想的人选。
• He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
  他承认自己缺乏动力，总想犯懒。